Born on August 8th, 1776
Weekday
Thursday
August 8th, 1776 was a Thursday.
Zodiac
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Leo (The Lion)
July 23rd, 1776 - August 23rd, 1776
Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 90,000 days old!
Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 521 days, exactly on October 2nd, 2025, people who were born on August 8th, 1776 will be 91,000 days old!
90,479 Days
12,925 Weeks
2,972 Months
... in seconds, minutes and hours
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What happened on August 8th?
Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 8th
Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 8th?
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Kathinka Hedwig Agerskov
Danish painter
*August 8th, 1859, Flensburg †November 23rd, 1890, FrederiksbergPiero Drogo
Italian racing driver (1926-1973)
*August 8th, 1926, Vignale Monferrato †April 28th, 1973, Bologna
82 Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist (1902–1984)
*August 8th, 1902, Bristol †October 20th, 1984, TallahasseeJohann Georg Scheffner
German author and translator
*August 8th, 1736, Königsberg †August 16th, 1820, Königsberg
67 Mohamed Morsi
President of Egypt from 2012 to 2013
*August 8th, 1951, El-Adwah †June 17th, 2019, Tora Prison
Victor Jacquemont
French botanist (1801-1832)
*August 8th, 1801, Paris †December 7th, 1832, Mumbai
Same year
Born in 1776
55 Sophie Germain
French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (1776-1831)
*April 1st, 1776, Paris †June 27th, 1831, ParisE. T. A. Hoffmann
German Romantic author (1776-1822)
*January 24th, 1776, Königsberg †June 25th, 1822, Berlin
54 Barthold Georg Niebuhr
Danish-German statesman and historian (1776–1831)
*August 27th, 1776, Copenhagen †January 2nd, 1831, BonnJohn Constable
English painter (1776-1837)
*June 11th, 1776, East Bergholt †March 31st, 1837, Charlotte Street
33 Johann Wilhelm Ritter
German chemist, physicist and philosopher
*December 16th, 1776, Zamienice †January 23rd, 1810, Munich
70 Henri Dutrochet
French physician (1776-1847)
*November 14th, 1776, Poitou †February 4th, 1847, Paris.jpg "Mary Anne Clarke")
90 George Thomas Smart
English musician (1776-1867)
*May 10th, 1776, London †February 23rd, 1867, London.JPG "Christian Friedrich Brendel")
84 Christian Friedrich Brendel
German miner (1776-1861)
*December 26th, 1776, Neustädtel †November 20th, 1861, Freiberg
76 Bernardino Drovetti
Italian diplomat, explorer and scholar
*January 4th, 1776, Barbania †March 9th, 1852, Turin_Portrait.jpg "Jean-Pierre Boyer")
74 Jean-Pierre Boyer
2nd President of Haiti (1776-1850)
*February 15th, 1776, Port-au-Prince †July 9th, 1850, Paris
65 Eusebio Bardají y Azara
Prime Minister of Spain (1776-1842)
*December 19th, 1776, Graus †March 7th, 1842, Huete
94 Landgravine Auguste of Hesse-Homburg
Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Schwerin (1776-1871)
*November 28th, 1776, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe †April 1st, 1871, Ludwigslust
66 Johann Diederich Gries
German poet and translator
*February 7th, 1776, Hamburg †February 9th, 1842, Hamburg
62 Mariano Lagasca
Spanish doctor, writer and botanist (1776-1839)
*October 4th, 1776, Encinacorba †June 23rd, 1839, Barcelona
71 John Walter
British newspaperman and politician (1776-1847)
*February 23rd, 1776, London †July 28th, 1847, London
58 Abraham Mendelssohn Bartholdy
German banker; father of Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn Bartholdy
*December 10th, 1776, Berlin †November 19th, 1835, BerlinBirthdays of famous people
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Public holidays on August 8th
Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 8th.
Ceasefire Day (end of Iran–Iraq War) (Iraqi Kurdistan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_IraqDominic de Guzmán, founder of the Dominican Order.
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_DominicAugust 8 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Christian Feast Dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_8_(Eastern_Orthodox_liturgics)Father's Day or Bā bā Day (爸爸節), Bā Bā is Mandarin for "father" and "8-8", or August 8. (Mongolia, Taiwan)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Father's_DayHappiness Happens Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secret_Society_of_Happy_PeopleInternational Cat Day
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Cat_DayNamesday of the Queen (Sweden)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_flying_days_in_SwedenNane Nane Day (Tanzania)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nane_Nane_DaySignal Troops Day (Ukraine)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armed_Forces_of_UkraineDate as a Roman numeral / digit
8.8.1776
Legend
| M = 1000 | D = 500 | C = 100 | L = 50 | X = 10 | V = 5 | I = 1 |
Leap year
Yes: 1776 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).