August 3rd, 1772

Born on August 3rd, 1772

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What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 1971

Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.

August 3rd, 2009

The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.

August 3rd, 1460

James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle.

August 3rd, 1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

August 3rd, 1347

Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the Crécy campaign.

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Same year
Born in 1772

51

David Ricardo

British political economist, broker and politician (1772-1823)

*April 18th, 1772, London †September 11th, 1823, Gatcombe Park

77

Vicente López Portaña

Spanish painter (1772-1850)

*September 19th, 1772, Valencia †July 22nd, 1850, Madrid

61

Samuel Taylor Coleridge

English poet, literary critic and philosopher

*October 21st, 1772, Ottery St Mary †July 25th, 1834, London

47

Manuel Lisa

American fur trader (1772–1820)

*September 8th, 1772, New Orleans †August 12th, 1820, St. Louis

28

Novalis

German poet and writer

*May 2nd, 1772, Wiederstedt †March 25th, 1801, Weißenfels

56

Friedrich Schlegel

German poet, critic and scholar, editor

*March 10th, 1772, Hanover †January 12th, 1829, Dresden

64

Martha Jefferson Randolph

First Lady of the United States from 1801 to 1809

*September 27th, 1772, Monticello †October 10th, 1836, Albemarle County

34

Maria Theresa of Naples and Sicily

Last Holy Roman Empress and first Empress of Austria

*June 6th, 1772, Naples †April 13th, 1807, Vienna

84

Manuel José Quintana

Spanish poet (1772-1857)

*April 11th, 1772, Madrid †March 11th, 1857, Madrid

70

David Jewett

American-Argentine military officer (1772-1842)

*June 17th, 1772, New London †July 26th, 1842, Rio de Janeiro

75

Johann Wilhelm Wilms

Dutch composer

*March 30th, 1772, Witzhelden †July 19th, 1847, Amsterdam

91

Luke Howard

British manufacturing chemist (1772-1864)

*November 28th, 1772, London †March 21st, 1864, Tottenham

48

James Burrill Jr.

American politician (1772-1820)

*April 25th, 1772, Providence †December 25th, 1820, Washington, D.C.

31

Louis Antoine, Duke of Enghien

Son of Louis Henri, Prince of Condé (1772–1804)

*August 2nd, 1772, Château de Chantilly †March 21st, 1804, Château de Vincennes

62

Johann Heinrich Ferdinand von Autenrieth

Württembergian physician

*October 20th, 1772, Stuttgart †May 2nd, 1835, Tübingen

77

David Ferdinand Howaldt

German goldsmith

*November 8th, 1772, Wrocław †November 5th, 1850, Kiel

69

Wilhelm August Lampadius

German chemist

*August 8th, 1772, Hehlen †April 13th, 1842, Freiberg

75

Johann Heinrich van Ess

German theologian (1772-1847)

*February 15th, 1772, Warburg †October 13th, 1847, Affolderbach

70

Anton Bauer

German jurist (1772-1843)

*August 16th, 1772, Marburg †June 1st, 1843, Göttingen

28

Friedrich Gilly

German architect (1772–1800)

*February 16th, 1772, Szczecin †August 3rd, 1800, Karlovy Vary

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

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Leap year

Yes: 1772 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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