August 23rd, 1792

Born on August 23rd, 1792

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What happened on August 23rd?

August 23rd, 1960

Congo Crisis: In order to stop the secession of South Kasai from the Republic of Congo, Armée Nationale Congolaise forces launched an invasion of South Kasai.

August 23rd, 1954

The Cruise of the Kings, a royal cruise organised by the Queen Consort of Greece, Frederica of Hanover, departed from Marseille, France.

August 23rd, 2010

A former Philippine National Police officer hijacked a tourist bus in Manila, holding its occupants hostage for nearly eleven hours and killing eight of them before being killed by police himself.

August 23rd, 2006

Natascha Kampusch (pictured), who had been abducted at the age of ten in Vienna, escaped from her captor's house in Strasshof an der Nordbahn after more than eight years in captivity.

August 23rd, 1989

Singing Revolution: Approximately two million people joined hands to form a human chain spanning 675.5 kilometres (419.7 mi) across the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian Soviet republics to demonstrate their desire for independence.

August 23rd, 1944

King Michael dismissed the pro-Axis government of General Ion Antonescu, placing Romania on the side of the Allies for the remainder of World War II.

August 23rd, 1943

Second World War: A decisive Soviet victory against German forces at the Battle of Kursk gave the Red Army the strategic initiative for the rest of the war.

August 23rd, 1939

Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union signed the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (pictured), a ten-year mutual non-aggression treaty, which also secretly divided northern and eastern Europe into German and Soviet spheres of influence.

August 23rd, 1933

The Chesapeake–Potomac hurricane made landfall in the Outer Banks of North Carolina and went on to cause at least 47 deaths in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region.

August 23rd, 1914

In their first major action of the First World War, the British Expeditionary Force engaged German troops in Mons, Belgium.

August 23rd, 1898

The Southern Cross Expedition, the first British venture of the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration, departed London.

August 23rd, 1873

The Albert Bridge, spanning the River Thames in London, opened to traffic.

August 23rd, 1775

King George III issued a proclamation that declared elements of the American colonies of Great Britain to be in a state of "open and avowed rebellion".

August 23rd, 1514

Ottoman forces defeated the Safavids at the Battle of Chaldiran, gaining control of eastern Anatolia and northern Iraq.

August 23rd, 1305

William Wallace, a leader of Scottish resistance against England during the Wars of Scottish Independence, was hanged, drawn and quartered.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 23rd

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 23rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism or Black Ribbon Day) which are celebrated on August 23rd.

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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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