August 21st, 1771

Born on August 21st, 1771

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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas (one pictured) across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same year
Born in 1771

34

Mungo Park

Scottish naturalist and explorer of the African continent

*September 11th, 1771, Scotland †January 1st, 1806, Bussa

61

Walter Scott

Scottish novelist, poet and playwright (1771–1832)

*August 15th, 1771, Edinburgh †September 21st, 1832, Abbotsford House

44

Paul Ludwig Simon

German architect and scientist (1771-1815)

*January 12th, 1771, Berlin †February 14th, 1815, Berlin

80

Charles Athanase Walckenaer

French civil servant and scientist (1771-1852)

*December 25th, 1771, Paris †April 26th, 1852, Paris

87

Robert Owen

British textile manufacturer and social reformer, 1771–1858

*May 14th, 1771, Newtown †November 17th, 1858, Newtown

80

Jeremiah Morrow

American politician (1771-1852)

*October 6th, 1771, Gettysburg †March 22nd, 1852, Lebanon

82

James Montgomery

British poet and writer (1771–1854)

*November 4th, 1771, Irvine †April 30th, 1854, Sheffield

34

Thomas Wedgwood

British photographic experimentor

*May 14th, 1771, Staffordshire †July 10th, 1805, Dorset

80

Ernst August II of Hanover

King of Hanover from 1837 to 1851

*June 5th, 1771, Buckingham Palace †November 18th, 1851, Hanover

39

Charles Brockden Brown

American novelist, historian and editor (1771-1810)

*January 17th, 1771, Philadelphia †February 22nd, 1810, Philadelphia

69

Emperor Kōkaku

Emperor of Japan from 1780 to 1817

*September 23rd, 1771, Kyoto †December 11th, 1840, Kyoto

62

Fath-Ali Shah Qajar

Second Qajar shah of Iran (1797–1834).

*November 30th, 1771, Damghan †October 23rd, 1834, Isfahan

30

Xavier Bichat

French anatomist and pathologist (1771–1802)

*November 14th, 1771, Thoirette †July 22nd, 1802, Paris

62

Alois Senefelder

German actor and inventor of lithography

*November 6th, 1771, Prague †February 26th, 1834, Munich

84

Ambros Rieder

(1771-1855)

*October 10th, 1771, Döbling †November 19th, 1855, Perchtoldsdorf

73

Julie Clary

Queen consort of Naples and Spain (1771-1845)

*December 26th, 1771, Marseille †April 7th, 1845, Florence

63

Éleuthère Irénée du Pont

French-American chemist

*June 24th, 1771, Paris †October 31st, 1834, Greenville

71

José Canga-Argüelles

Spanish statesman (1771-1842)

*July 11th, 1771, Oviedo †December 2nd, 1842, Oviedo

81

Sewrin

French chansonnier, playwright and librettist (1771-1853)

*October 9th, 1771, Metz †April 22nd, 1853, Paris

48

Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk

Scottish Earl

*June 20th, 1771, Dumfries and Galloway †April 8th, 1820, Pau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1771 is a normal year and no leap year.

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