August 24th, 1794

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Born on August 24th, 1794 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 24th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 24th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1794)

Born on August 24th, 1794

Weekday

Sunday

August 24th, 1794 was a Sunday.

Age

229

People born on August 24th, 1794 will turn 230 this year (2024), in exactly 117 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1794 - September 23rd, 1794

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 83,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 111 days, exactly on August 18th, 2024, people who were born on August 24th, 1794 will be 84,000 days old!

83,889 Days

11,984 Weeks

2,756 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 24th?

August 24th, 2006

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.

August 24th, 2004

Eighty-nine people died after suicide bombers attacked two airliners flying out of Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.

August 24th, 1992

Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.

August 24th, 1966

Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang, the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

August 24th, 1963

Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his unofficial position of power.

August 24th, 1942

World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory.

August 24th, 1941

Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

August 24th, 1921

The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard.

August 24th, 1914

World War I: The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of the war.

August 24th, 1889

The predominantly Māori New Zealand Native football team (pictured) played the last match of their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.

August 24th, 1888

89 New Zealand Native football team

August 24th, 1814

War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House (damage depicted).

August 24th, 1781

American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

August 24th, 1662

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.

August 24th, 1643

A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 24th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 24th?

Anne Marie Waters

UK far-right politician (1977-)

*August 24th, 1977, Dublin

Jorge Luis Borges

Argentine writer, essayist, poet and translator (1899–1986)

*August 24th, 1899, Buenos Aires †June 14th, 1986, Geneva

Stephen Fry

British comedian, actor, writer, presenter, and activist

*August 24th, 1957, Hampstead

Anne Archer

American actress

*August 24th, 1947, Los Angeles

Joaquim António de Aguiar

Prime minister of Portugal (1792-1884)

*August 24th, 1792, Coimbra †May 26th, 1884, Lisbon

Paulo Coelho

Brazilian lyricist and novelist

*August 24th, 1947, Rio de Janeiro

Sauli Niinistö

Finnish politician and the 12th President of Finland (2012–2024)

*August 24th, 1948, Salo

Jean Rhys

British novelist (1890–1979)

*August 24th, 1890, Roseau †May 14th, 1979, Exeter

Matthias Klinghardt

German Protestant theologian

*August 24th, 1957, Waldshut-Tiengen

Mike Huckabee

Governor of Arkansas from 1996 to 2007 (born 1955)

*August 24th, 1955, Hope

Carlo Gambino

American mobster

*August 24th, 1902, Palermo †October 15th, 1976, Massapequa

Roger De Vlaeminck

Belgian cyclist

*August 24th, 1947, Eeklo

Anže Kopitar

Slovenian ice hockey player

*August 24th, 1987, Hrušica

William Hay Macnaghten

British civil servant (1793-1841)

*August 24th, 1793, Kolkata †December 23rd, 1841, Kabul

Lorenzo Porzio

Italian rower

*August 24th, 1981, Rome

Marianne von Angern

German author

*August 24th, 1898, Sopron †January 1st, 1969, Aachen

Jean-Michel Jarre

French composer, performer and record producer (born 1948)

*August 24th, 1948, 4th arrondissement of Lyon

William Wilberforce

English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)

*August 24th, 1759, Wilberforce House †July 29th, 1833, London

Alan Walker

Norwegian DJ and music producer

*August 24th, 1997, Northampton

Francesca Zambello

American opera and theatre director

*August 24th, 1956, New York City

Same year
Born in 1794

Ferdinand Wachter

*January 1st, 1794, Renthendorf †January 1st, 1861

James Barry

19th century British surgeon known for medical reforms and personal life

*November 30th, 1794, Cork †July 25th, 1865, London

Johann Peter Weyer

German architect

*May 19th, 1794, Cologne †August 25th, 1864, Cologne

Léon Cogniet

French painter (1794-1880)

*August 29th, 1794, Paris †November 20th, 1880, 10th arrondissement of Paris

Edward Everett

American politician, pastor, educator, diplomat and orator (1794–1865)

*April 11th, 1794, Dorchester †January 15th, 1865, Boston

Aimable Pélissier

French military officer who executed the genocide of the Ouled Riah tribe in Algeria

*November 6th, 1794, Maromme †May 22nd, 1864, Algiers

Jeanne Villepreux-Power

French biologist (1794-1871)

*September 25th, 1794, Juillac †January 25th, 1871, Juillac

Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius

German botanist (1794-1868)

*April 17th, 1794, Erlangen †December 13th, 1868, Munich

Cornelius Vanderbilt

American businessman and tycoon (1794–1877)

*May 27th, 1794, Staten Island †January 4th, 1877, Manhattan

Ignaz Moscheles

Bohemian conductor, music educator, composer and pianist (1794-1870)

*May 23rd, 1794, Prague †March 10th, 1870, Leipzig

Antonio López de Santa Anna

Mexican politician and military leader (1794-1876)

*February 21st, 1794, Xalapa †June 10th, 1876, Mexico City

Eilhard Mitscherlich

German chemist

*January 7th, 1794, Oldenburg †August 28th, 1863, Berlin

Wilhelm Müller

German poet (1794-1827)

*October 7th, 1794, Dessau †September 30th, 1827, Dessau

William Cullen Bryant

American romantic poet and journalist (1794-1878)

*November 3rd, 1794, Cummington †June 12th, 1878, New York City

Theobald Boehm

Bavarian flautist and tinkerer (1794-1881)

*April 9th, 1794, Munich †November 25th, 1881, Munich

Erastus Corning

American politician and businessman (1794-1872)

*December 14th, 1794, Norwich †April 9th, 1872, Albany

Anna Brownell Jameson

Irish-born English writer, 1794–1860; author of the Diary of an ennyueé

*May 19th, 1794, Dublin †March 17th, 1860, London

Jacques Babinet

French physicist, mathematician and astronomer

*March 5th, 1794, Lusignan †October 21st, 1872, Paris

Sylvester Graham

American Presbyterian minister and dietary reformer

*July 5th, 1794, Suffield †September 11th, 1851, Northampton

Edward Bury

British engineer (1794–1858)

*October 22nd, 1794, Salford †November 25th, 1858, Scarborough

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 24th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 24th.

Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day_of_Ukraine

International Strange Music Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Grant_(composer)

National Waffle Day (United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waffle_Day

Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nostalgia_Night

Willka Raymi (Cusco, Peru)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willka_Raymi

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIV.VIII.MDCCXCIV

24.8.1794

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XC = 90

X = 10

V = 5

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1794 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1794

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August 24th, 1794

Born on August 24th, 1794

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 83,000 days old!

83,889 Days

11,984 Weeks

2,756 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 24th?

The International Astronomical Union passed a resolution redefining the term planet and classifying Pluto as a dwarf planet.

Eighty-nine people died after suicide bombers attacked two airliners flying out of Moscow's Domodedovo International Airport.

Hurricane Andrew, the third-most intense Category 5 cyclone to impact the United States in the 20th century, made landfall in southern Florida.

Cultural Revolution: Red Guards vandalised the Jokhang, the holiest Buddhist temple in Tibet.

Buddhist crisis: The U.S. State Department ordered Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. (pictured) to encourage South Vietnamese Army officers to oust Ngo Dinh Diem if he did not willingly remove Ngo Dinh Nhu from his unofficial position of power.

World War II: At the Battle of the Eastern Solomons, bombers from the U.S. aircraft carrier Saratoga sank the Japanese aircraft carrier Ryūjō near Santa Isabel Island, contributing to an Allied victory.

Adolf Hitler ordered the suspension of the T4 euthanasia program of the mentally ill and disabled, although killings continued in secret for the remainder of World War II.

The Royal Navy's R.38, the world's largest airship at the time, was destroyed by a structural failure over Hull, killing 44 of the 49 crew aboard.

World War I: The Battle of Cer ended with the first Allied victory of the war.

The predominantly Māori New Zealand Native football team (pictured) played the last match of their 107-game tour, the longest in rugby union history.

89 New Zealand Native football team

War of 1812: British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting fire to various U.S. government buildings, including the White House (damage depicted).

American Revolutionary War: Near present-day Aurora, Indiana, American Indians led by Joseph Brant killed or captured all members of a Pennsylvania militia.

The 1662 Book of Common Prayer was legally enforced as the liturgy of the Church of England, precipitating the Great Ejection of Dissenter ministers from their benefices.

A Dutch expedition arrived at the mouth of the Valdivia River, in present-day Chile, to establish a new colony in the ruins of the abandoned Spanish settlement of Valdivia.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 24th

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 24th?

Same year Born in 1794

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 24th

Abbán of Ireland

Bartholomew the Apostle (Roman Catholic, Anglican)

Jeanne-Antide Thouret

Maria Micaela Desmaisieres

Massa Candida (Martyrs of Utica)

Owen (Audoin)

August 24 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Flag Day (Liberia)

Independence Day or Den' Nezalezhnosti, celebrates the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union in 1991.

International Strange Music Day

National Waffle Day (United States)

Nostalgia Night (Uruguay)

Willka Raymi (Cusco, Peru)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

24.8.1794

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Same year
Born in 1794

Calendar
August 1794

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31					1	2	3
32	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
33	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
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35	25	26	27	28	29	30	31