August 22nd, 1770

Born on August 22nd, 1770

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 92,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 343 days, exactly on April 7th, 2025, people who were born on August 22nd, 1770 will be 93,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 22nd, 1770?

August 22nd, 1770

James Cook names and lands on Possession Island, and claims the east coast of Australia for Britain as New South Wales.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook

What else happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation and bringing about changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns race, later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England at the Battle of Bosworth Field, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

August 22nd, 2007

The Texas Rangers defeat the Baltimore Orioles 30–3, the most runs scored by a team in modern Major League Baseball history.

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman is awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refuses to accept the medal.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 22nd?

104

Simone Schaller

American hurdler

*August 22nd, 1912, Manchester †October 20th, 2016, Arcadia

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

75

Chuck Brown

American guitarist, bandleader and singer (1936-2012)

*August 22nd, 1936, Gaston †May 16th, 2012, Baltimore

81

Søren Steen

Danish actor

*August 22nd, 1942, Denmark

59

Henry Maudslay

British engineer

*August 22nd, 1771, Woolwich †February 14th, 1831, London Borough of Lambeth

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

86

Dietmar Kienast

German historian of classical antiquity and university teacher (1925-2012)

*August 22nd, 1925, Berlin †February 13th, 2012, Olching

101

Leni Riefenstahl

German film director, photographer, actress and Nazi propagandist (1902–2003)

*August 22nd, 1902, Berlin †September 8th, 2003, Pöcking

92

Deng Xiaoping

Chinese politician and paramount leader from 1978 to 1989

*August 22nd, 1904, Guanganzhou †February 19th, 1997, Beijing

28

Dua Lipa

English and Albanian singer (born 1995)

*August 22nd, 1995, Westminster

58

Joseph Barbanègre

French General and a Baron of the First French Empire (1772-1830)

*August 22nd, 1772, Pontacq †November 7th, 1830, Paris

91

Ray Bradbury

American author and screenwriter

*August 22nd, 1920, Waukegan †June 5th, 2012, Los Angeles

52

Richard Armitage

English actor

*August 22nd, 1971, Huncote

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

*August 22nd, 1939, Suffern †August 30th, 2019, Los Angeles

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

55

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

*August 22nd, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †March 25th, 1918, 16th arrondissement of Paris

35

François Péron

French scientist and explorer

*August 22nd, 1775, Cérilly †December 14th, 1810, Cérilly

70

Louis Martin

Father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, spouse of and Marie-Azélie Guérin (1823-1894)

*August 22nd, 1823, Bordeaux †July 29th, 1894, Arnières-sur-Iton

50

Laurent Lafitte

French actor

*August 22nd, 1973, Fresnes

40

Theo Bos

Dutch road cyclist and track cyclist

*August 22nd, 1983, Hierden

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Born in 1770

56

Ludwig van Beethoven

German composer (1770–1827)

*December 16th, 1770, Bonn †March 26th, 1827, Vienna

61

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

German philosopher and theologian (1770–1831)

*August 27th, 1770, Stuttgart †November 14th, 1831, Berlin

53

Louis-Nicolas Davout

Marshal of France (1770-1823)

*May 10th, 1770, Annoux †June 1st, 1823, Paris

80

William Wordsworth

English Romantic poet (1770–1850)

*April 7th, 1770, Cockermouth †April 23rd, 1850, Rydal Mount

79

Gabriel Jean Joseph Molitor

Marshal of France (1770-1849)

*March 7th, 1770, Hayange †July 28th, 1849, Paris

73

Friedrich Hölderlin

German poet

*March 20th, 1770, Lauffen am Neckar †June 7th, 1843, Tübingen

57

George Canning

British Prime Minister, statesman, and politician (1770-1827)

*April 11th, 1770, London †August 8th, 1827, Chiswick

69

Frederick William III of Prussia

King of Prussia from 1797 to 1840

*August 3rd, 1770, Potsdam †June 7th, 1840, Berlin

57

James Hewitt

American conductor, composer and publisher

*June 4th, 1770, England †August 2nd, 1827, Boston

68

William Clark

American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor (1770-1838)

*August 1st, 1770, Caroline County †September 1st, 1838, St. Louis

71

Pierre Cambronne

French general (1770-1842)

*December 26th, 1770, Nantes †January 29th, 1842, Nantes

81

John Buckler

British artist and architect (1770-1851)

*November 30th, 1770, Calbourne †December 6th, 1851, Newington

41

Georg Kerner

German physician, journalist and diplomat (1770-1812)

*April 9th, 1770, Ludwigsburg †April 7th, 1812, Hamburg

42

Louis-Pierre Montbrun

French general (1770-1812)

*March 1st, 1770, Florensac †September 7th, 1812, Borodino (village), Mozhaysky District, Moscow Oblast

65

Nathan Smith

American politician (1770–1835)

*January 8th, 1770, Woodbury †December 6th, 1835, Washington, D.C.

54

Dorothea von Rodde-Schlözer

German scholar

*August 18th, 1770, Göttingen †July 12th, 1825, Avignon

73

Franz Pettrich

German sculptor

*August 29th, 1770, Třebenice †January 23rd, 1844, Dresden

86

David Thompson

British-Canadian fur trader, surveyor, and map-maker (1770-1857)

*April 30th, 1770, Westminster †February 10th, 1857, Longueuil

83

Mahlon Dickerson

American politician (1770-1853)

*April 17th, 1770, Hanover Township †October 5th, 1853, New Jersey

76

Pasquale Galluppi

Italian philosopher (1770-1846)

*April 2nd, 1770, Tropea †December 13th, 1846, Naples

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1770 is a normal year and no leap year.

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