August 6th, 1784

Born on August 6th, 1784

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What happened on August 6th?

August 6th, 2013

A gas leak caused an explosion that collapsed a building and led to the deaths of 22 people in Rosario, Argentina.

August 6th, 2011

A series of riots broke out in several London boroughs and in cities and towns across England in response to the shooting of Mark Duggan by Metropolitan Police officers.

August 6th, 2010

Flash floods, mudslides, and debris flows across the Ladakh region of Indian-administered Kashmir left at least 255 people dead.

August 6th, 2008

Mauritanian president Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi was ousted from power by a group of high-ranking generals that he had dismissed from office several hours earlier.

August 6th, 1997

Korean Air Flight 801 crashed into a hill on approach to Antonio B. Won Pat International Airport in Guam, killing 228 of the 254 people aboard.

August 6th, 1996

Researchers announced that the meteorite ALH84001 (pictured), discovered in the Allan Hills of Antarctica, may contain evidence of life on Mars, but further tests were inconclusive.

August 6th, 1991

British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee posted a public invitation to collaborate on a system of interlinked, hypertext documents accessible via the Internet, known as the World Wide Web.

August 6th, 1965

U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act into law, outlawing literacy tests and other discriminatory voting practices that had been responsible for the widespread disfranchisement of African Americans.

August 6th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army Air Force bomber Enola Gay dropped the Little Boy atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan (mushroom cloud pictured), killing about 70,000 people instantly.

August 6th, 1892

The Anglo-Belgian India Rubber Company was founded in Antwerp to exploit natural rubber in the Congo Free State.

August 6th, 1777

The Battle of Oriskany, one of the bloodiest battles of the American Revolutionary War, was fought about 6 mi (10 km) east of Fort Stanwix, New York.

August 6th, 0686

Second Fitna: Pro-Alid forces defeated the Umayyad Caliphate in the Battle of Khazir, allowing them to take control of Mosul in present-day Iraq.

August 6th, 1944

World War II: Allied forces attacked German fortifications at Saint-Malo, France, beginning the Battle of Saint-Malo (pictured).

August 6th, 1623

After the death of Gregory XV, a papal conclave in Rome elected Maffeo Barberini as Pope Urban VIII.

August 6th, 1585

Toyotomi Hideyoshi is officially appointed kampaku (Imperial Regent).

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 6th

Same year
Born in 1784

65

Zachary Taylor

President of the United States from 1849 to 1850

*November 24th, 1784, Barboursville †July 9th, 1850, Washington, D.C.

72

William Buckland

English clergyman, geologist and palaeontologist (1784-1856)

*March 12th, 1784, Axminster †August 14th, 1856, Islip

74

Leigh Hunt

British critic, essayist, poet and writer (1784-1859)

*October 19th, 1784, Southgate †August 28th, 1859, Putney

80

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston

British statesman and prime minister (1784–1865)

*October 20th, 1784, Broadlands †October 18th, 1865, Brocket Hall

39

Rafael del Riego

Spanish general and politician (1784-1823)

*April 7th, 1784, Tuña †November 7th, 1823, Madrid

53

Ferdinand Ries

German composer

*November 28th, 1784, Bonn †January 13th, 1838, Frankfurt

60

Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha

Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (1784-1844)

*January 2nd, 1784, Coburg †January 29th, 1844, Gotha

75

Louis Spohr

German composer, violinist and conductor

*April 5th, 1784, Brunswick †October 22nd, 1859, Kassel

60

Hortense Haudebourt-Lescot

French painter (1784-1845)

*December 14th, 1784, Paris †January 2nd, 1845, Paris

49

Stepan Pimenov

Russian sculptor (1784-1833)

*January 1st, 1784, Saint Petersburg †March 22nd, 1833, Saint Petersburg

77

Jørgen Herman Vogt

Norwegian civil servant, lawyer and politician, First State Councilor

*July 21st, 1784, Drammen Municipality †January 12th, 1862, Christiania

62

Ludwig Aurbacher

German author

*August 26th, 1784, Türkheim †May 25th, 1847, Munich

65

Pietro Anderloni

Italian engraver

*October 12th, 1784, Brescia †October 13th, 1849, Milan

70

Juan Mora Fernández

1st elected head of state of Costa Rica (1784-1854)

*June 12th, 1784, San José †December 16th, 1854, San José

62

Toussaint Bastard

French botanist (1784-1846)

*February 19th, 1784, Chalonnes-sur-Loire †June 27th, 1846, Chalonnes-sur-Loire

58

Sándor Kőrösi Csoma

Hungarian philologist and orientalist (1784-1842)

*March 27th, 1784, Chiuruș †April 11th, 1842, Darjeeling

72

William Yarrell

English zoologist, naturalist and bookseller

*June 3rd, 1784, St James's †September 1st, 1856, Great Yarmouth

40

Leonardo Infante

Venezuelan military personnel

*November 30th, 1784, Parroquia Chaguaramal †November 30th, 1824, Bogotá

67

Jacopo Ferretti

Italian librettist

*July 16th, 1784, Rome †March 7th, 1852, Rome

90

William Maynard Gomm

British field marshal

*November 10th, 1784, Colony of Barbados †March 15th, 1875, Brighton

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Leap year

Yes: 1784 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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