August 22nd, 1775

Born on August 22nd, 1775

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 90,000 days old!

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What 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.

August 22nd, 2004

Versions of The Scream and Madonna, two paintings by Edvard Munch, are stolen at gunpoint from a museum in Oslo, Norway.

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

Born on August 22nd, 1775

35

François Péron

French scientist and explorer

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

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

86

Dietmar Kienast

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

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

35

Minelli

Romanian singer-songwriter

*August 22nd, 1988, Slobozia

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

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

58

Joseph Barbanègre

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

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

80

Valerie Harper

American actress (1939-2019)

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

64

Bartholomäus Herder

German publisher

*August 22nd, 1774, Rottweil †March 11th, 1839, Freiburg im Breisgau

55

Claude Debussy

French classical composer (1862–1918)

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

45

James Corden

English actor, comedian, singer and television host

*August 22nd, 1978, Hillingdon

59

Henry Maudslay

British engineer

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

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

75

Carlo Amati

Architect (1776-1852)

*August 22nd, 1776, Monza †March 23rd, 1852, Milan

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Born in 1775

41

Jane Austen

English novelist (1775–1817)

*December 16th, 1775, Steventon †July 18th, 1817, Winchester

61

André-Marie Ampère

French physicist and mathematician

*January 20th, 1775, Lyon †June 10th, 1836, Marseille

65

Lucien Bonaparte

1st Prince of Canino and Musignano

*May 21st, 1775, Ajaccio †June 29th, 1840, Viterbo

76

J. M. W. Turner

English painter and draftsman (c.1775–1851)

*April 23rd, 1775, Covent Garden †December 19th, 1851, Cheyne Walk

66

Johann Anton André

German composer (1775-1842)

*October 6th, 1775, Offenbach am Main †April 5th, 1842, Offenbach am Main

59

Charles Lamb

British essayist, poet, antiquarian (1775–1834)

*February 10th, 1775, London †December 27th, 1834, Edmonton

76

Mary Martha Sherwood

British children's author

*May 6th, 1775, Worcestershire †October 22nd, 1851, Twickenham

82

Jean Guillaume Audinet-Serville

French entomologist (1775–1858)

*November 11th, 1775, Paris †March 27th, 1858, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre

79

Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling

German philosopher (1775–1854)

*January 27th, 1775, Leonberg †August 20th, 1854, Bad Ragaz

81

Farkas Bolyai

Hungarian mathematician

*February 9th, 1775, Buia †November 20th, 1856, Târgu Mureș

81

Eugène François Vidocq

French criminal and criminalist

*July 24th, 1775, Arras †May 11th, 1857, Paris

36

Étienne-Louis Malus

French officer, engineer, physicist, and mathematician (1775-1812)

*July 23rd, 1775, Paris †February 24th, 1812, Paris

42

Matthew Gregory Lewis

English novelist and dramatist (1775–1818)

*July 9th, 1775, London †May 14th, 1818, Atlantic Ocean

58

François Adrien Boieldieu

French composer

*December 15th, 1775, Rouen †October 8th, 1834, Varennes-Jarcy

76

Rémi Joseph Isidore Exelmans

Marshal of France (1775-1852)

*November 13th, 1775, Bar-le-Duc †June 22nd, 1852, Sèvres

68

Miguel Ramos Arizpe

Mexican priest

*February 15th, 1775, Ramos Arizpe †April 28th, 1843, Puebla City

68

Tommaso Rima

Swiss-Italian surgeon

*January 1st, 1775, Mosogno †January 1st, 1843, Venice

66

João Domingos Bomtempo

Portuguese musician (1775-1842)

*December 28th, 1775, Lisbon †August 18th, 1842, Lisbon

39

José Félix Ribas

Venezuelan revolutionary (1775-1815)

*September 18th, 1775, Caracas †January 31st, 1815, Tucupido

68

Maria Clementine Martin

German nun and entrepreneur, creator of Klosterfrau Melissengeist (1775-1843)

*May 5th, 1775, Brussels metropolitan area †August 9th, 1843, Cologne

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1775 is a normal year and no leap year.

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