August 3rd, 1792

Born on August 3rd, 1792

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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 1792

29

Percy Bysshe Shelley

British Romantic poet (1792–1822)

*August 4th, 1792, Horsham †July 8th, 1822, La Spezia

74

Jacques Ignace Hittorff

French architect (1792-1867)

*August 20th, 1792, Cologne †March 25th, 1867, 9th arrondissement of Paris

85

Pius IX

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878

*May 13th, 1792, Senigallia †February 7th, 1878, Apostolic Palace

75

Joshua Alder

British zoologist (1792-1867)

*January 1st, 1792, Newcastle upon Tyne †January 1st, 1867, Newcastle upon Tyne

51

Gaspard-Gustave de Coriolis

French mathematician, mechanical engineer, and scientist (*1792 – †1843)

*May 21st, 1792, Paris †September 19th, 1843, Paris

72

George M. Dallas

Vice president of the United States from 1845 to 1849

*July 10th, 1792, Philadelphia †December 31st, 1864, Philadelphia

57

Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen

Queen of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1837

*August 13th, 1792, Meiningen †December 2nd, 1849, Bentley Priory

76

Thaddeus Stevens

American statesman (1792–1868)

*April 4th, 1792, Danville †August 11th, 1868, Washington, D.C.

49

Francisco Morazán

President of Federal Republic of Central America (1830-1839)

*October 3rd, 1792, Tegucigalpa †September 15th, 1842, San José

81

Johann Friedrich Bruch

German theologian

*December 13th, 1792, Pirmasens †July 22nd, 1874, Strasbourg

82

Johann Christoph Kröger

German educationist (1792-1874)

*February 4th, 1792, Hamburg †June 24th, 1874, Hamburg

74

Floride Calhoun

Second Lady of the United States from 1825 to 1832

*February 15th, 1792, Charleston †July 25th, 1866, Pendleton

80

Rudecindo Alvarado

Argentinian general

*March 1st, 1792, Salta †June 22nd, 1872, Salta

92

Leopold Schoeller

German entrepreneur

*June 10th, 1792, Schleiden †December 18th, 1884, Düren

60

Anton Bernhard Fürstenau

German flautist and composer (1792-1852)

*October 20th, 1792, Münster †November 18th, 1852, Dresden

83

Virginie Ancelot

French writer and painter (1792-1875)

*March 15th, 1792, Dijon †March 20th, 1875, 7th arrondissement of Paris

79

Martin Ohm

German mathematician (1792-1872)

*May 6th, 1792, Erlangen †April 1st, 1872, Berlin

56

Frederick Marryat

British naval officer and novelist (1792-1848)

*July 10th, 1792, London †August 9th, 1848, Langham

72

Diego de Argumosa

Spanish physician (1792-1865)

*July 7th, 1792, Villapresente †April 23rd, 1865, Torrelavega

77

Charles Delucena Meigs

Obstetrician

*February 19th, 1792, St. George's Parish †June 22nd, 1869, Philadelphia

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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

Yes: 1792 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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