August 7th, 1768

Born on August 7th, 1768

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What happened on August 7th?

August 7th, 1850

The first section of the Great Northern Railway, now the southern section of the East Coast Main Line, opened between London and Peterborough.

August 7th, 1744

Prussia declared its intervention in the War of the Austrian Succession on behalf of Charles VII, beginning the Second Silesian War.

August 7th, 1998

Car bombs exploded simultaneously at the American embassies in the East African capital cities of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, killing more than 200 people and injuring more than 4,000 others.

August 7th, 1987

Lynne Cox became the first person to swim between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, crossing from Little Diomede to Big Diomede in the Bering Strait in 2 hours and 5 minutes.

August 7th, 1985

Five members of the Bamber family were found murdered at a farmhouse in Tolleshunt D'Arcy, England.

August 7th, 1970

Jonathan Jackson took hostages in a courthouse in Marin County, California, to coerce the release of the Soledad Brothers, resulting in the deaths of judge Harold Haley and three others.

August 7th, 1955

Hurricane Diane, the first Atlantic hurricane to cause more than $1 billion in damages, formed between the Lesser Antilles and Cape Verde.

August 7th, 1946

The Soviet Union informed Turkey that the way in which the latter was handling the Turkish Straits no longer represented the security interests of its fellow Black Sea nations, escalating the Turkish Straits crisis.

August 7th, 1944

IBM presented the first program-controlled calculator to Harvard University, after which it became known as the Mark I (pictured).

August 7th, 1942

World War II: U.S. Marines initiated the first American offensive of the Guadalcanal campaign, with landings on Tulagi (pictured), Gavutu–Tanambogo and Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands.

August 7th, 1914

The Battle of Mulhouse began with France's first attack of World War I in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to recover the region of Alsace from Germany.

August 7th, 1909

Fifty-nine days after leaving New York City with three passengers, Alice Huyler Ramsey arrived in San Francisco to become the first woman to drive an automobile across the contiguous United States.

August 7th, 1897

Mahdist War: Anglo-Egyptian soldiers clashed with Mahdist Sudanese rebels in the Battle of Abu Hamed.

August 7th, 1794

U.S. president George Washington invoked the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

August 7th, 1782

The Badge of Military Merit (pictured), the precursor to the U.S. Purple Heart, was established as a military decoration of the Continental Army.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 7th

Same year
Born in 1768

29

Lazare Hoche

French general (1768–1797)

*June 24th, 1768, Versailles †September 19th, 1797, Wetzlar

57

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

*December 18th, 1768, Paris †October 8th, 1826, Paris

70

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin

French Navy officer

*October 13th, 1768, Honfleur †April 23rd, 1839, Paris

67

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)

*February 12th, 1768, Florence †March 2nd, 1835, Vienna

62

Benjamin Carr

American composer

*September 12th, 1768, London †May 24th, 1831, Philadelphia

65

Friedrich Schleiermacher

German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)

*November 21st, 1768, Wrocław †February 12th, 1834, Berlin

24

Charlotte Corday

Figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)

*July 27th, 1768, Ligneries †July 17th, 1793, place de la Concorde

64

Kaʻahumanu

Queen consort of Hawaii (1768–1832)

*March 17th, 1768, Maui †June 5th, 1832, Manoa

53

Caroline of Brunswick

Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom (1768-1821)

*May 17th, 1768, Schloss Richmond †August 7th, 1821, Hammersmith

56

Buddha Loetla Nabhalai

King of Siam

*February 24th, 1768, Ratchaburi †July 21st, 1824, Bangkok

43

Joseph Dennie

American writer and editor (1768-1812)

*August 30th, 1768, Boston †January 7th, 1812

81

Maria Edgeworth

Irish writer (1768-1849)

*January 1st, 1768, Oxfordshire †May 22nd, 1849, Edgeworthstown

63

John Hayes

Commodore of Bombay Marine and explorer for the British East India Company

*February 11th, 1768, Cumberland †July 3rd, 1831, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

44

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Marshal of France (1768-1813)

*August 6th, 1768, Prayssac †May 1st, 1813, Rippach

69

Juliane Wilhelmine Bause

German artist, 1768-1837

*January 1st, 1768, Leipzig †January 1st, 1837, Leipzig

35

Pauline de Beaumont

French salon-holder

*July 31st, 1768, Mussy-sur-Seine †November 4th, 1803, Rome

70

Nicolas-Jean Rouppe

Belgian politician

*April 17th, 1768, Rotterdam †August 3rd, 1838, City of Brussels

62

Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen

German clarinetist, composer and painter

*July 6th, 1768, Durlach †July 10th, 1830, Darmstadt

71

Christopher Grant Champlin

American politician (1768–1840)

*April 12th, 1768, Newport †March 18th, 1840, Newport

54

Zacharias Werner

German poet, dramatist and priest

*November 18th, 1768, Königsberg †January 17th, 1823, Vienna

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Leap year

Yes: 1768 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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