August 3rd, 1777

Born on August 3rd, 1777

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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

Born on August 3rd, 1777

76

Peter Motzfeldt

Norwegian politician (1777-1854)

*August 3rd, 1777, Orkdal Municipality †April 1st, 1854, Oslo

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Born in 1777

77

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

*April 30th, 1777, Brunswick †February 23rd, 1855, Göttingen

73

Hans Christian Ørsted

Danish physicist and chemist (1777-1851)

*August 14th, 1777, Rudkøbing †March 9th, 1851, Copenhagen

47

Alexander I of Russia

The tenth Emperor of Russia (1801–1825)

*December 12th, 1777, Saint Petersburg †November 19th, 1825, Taganrog

79

John Ross

Scottish naval officer and polar explorer (1777–1856)

*June 24th, 1777, Stranraer †August 30th, 1856, London

58

Nathan Mayer Rothschild

German-born British financier (1777–1836)

*September 16th, 1777, Frankfurt †July 28th, 1836, Frankfurt

76

August Kestner

German diplomat and collector of art

*January 1st, 1777, Hanover †January 1st, 1853, Rome

72

Henri Marie Ducrotay de Blainville

French zoologist and anatomist (1777-1850)

*September 12th, 1777, Arques-la-Bataille †May 1st, 1850, Paris

75

Henry Clay

American politician from Kentucky (1777-1852)

*April 12th, 1777, Hanover County †June 29th, 1852, Washington, D.C.

83

Désirée Clary

Queen of Sweden and Norway as the consort of Charles XIV John

*November 8th, 1777, Marseille †December 17th, 1860, Stockholm

43

Elisa Bonaparte

French princess (1777-1820)

*January 3rd, 1777, Ajaccio †August 6th, 1820, Villa Vicentina

53

Francis I of the Two Sicilies

King of the Two Sicilies (1777-1830)

*August 14th, 1777, Naples †November 8th, 1830, Naples

80

Louis Jacques Thénard

French chemist (1777-1857)

*May 4th, 1777, La Louptière-Thénard †June 21st, 1857, Paris

64

Fernando Errázuriz Aldunate

Provisional president of Chile (1777-1841)

*June 1st, 1777, Santiago †August 16th, 1841, Santiago

41

János Fusz

Hungarian musician

*December 16th, 1777, Tolna †March 9th, 1819, Buda

83

Louis Hersent

French painter (1777-1860)

*March 10th, 1777, Paris †October 2nd, 1860, Paris

81

Johann Heinrich Kopp

German naturalist

*September 17th, 1777, Hanau †November 28th, 1858, Hanau

78

Mary Reibey

Australian businesswoman

*May 12th, 1777, Bury †May 30th, 1855, Newtown

81

Nathaniel Claiborne

American politician (1777-1859)

*November 14th, 1777, Chesterfield Court House †August 15th, 1859, Rocky Mount

83

Heinrich Rudolf Schinz

Swiss zoologist (1777–1861)

*March 30th, 1777, Zürich †March 8th, 1861, Zürich

52

José Félix Bogado

Argentinian military personnel

*November 7th, 1777, San Juan Nepomuceno †November 21st, 1829, San Nicolás de los Arroyos

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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

No: With 365 days 1777 is a normal year and no leap year.

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