August 1st, 1798

Born on August 1st, 1798

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 82,000 days old!

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What happened on August 1st, 1798?

August 1st, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of the Nile (Battle of Aboukir Bay): Battle begins when a British fleet engages the French Revolutionary Navy fleet in an unusual night action.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars

August 1st, 1798

French Revolutionary Wars: The Battle of the Nile, between a British fleet commanded by Horatio Nelson and a French fleet under François-Paul Brueys d'Aigalliers, began at Aboukir Bay off the Egyptian coast.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_Revolutionary_Wars

What else happened on August 1st?

August 1st, 2009

A shooting at a branch of the Israeli LGBT organization the Aguda in Tel Aviv resulted in two deaths.

August 1st, 2007

Bridge 9340, carrying Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota, suffered a catastrophic failure and collapsed, killing 13 people and injuring 145 others.

August 1st, 2004

Nearly 400 people died in a supermarket fire in Asunción, Paraguay, when exits were locked to prevent people from stealing merchandise.

August 1st, 1991

U.S. president George H. W. Bush delivered a speech in the Ukrainian parliament in Kiev warning against independence from the Soviet Union.

August 1st, 1984

Commercial peat cutters discovered a preserved bog body, now known as Lindow Man (head pictured), at Lindow Moss in Cheshire, England.

August 1st, 1981

"Video Killed the Radio Star" by the Buggles became the first music video broadcast on the American cable television network MTV.

August 1st, 1971

The Concert for Bangladesh, a pair of benefit concerts organised by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar for refugees of the Bangladesh genocide, took place at Madison Square Garden in New York.

August 1st, 1946

Several days of anti-Jewish rioting began in Bratislava, instigated by former Slovak partisans opposed to the restitution of Jewish property after the Holocaust in Slovakia.

August 1st, 1911

Harriet Quimby became the first woman to earn an Aero Club of America aviator certificate.

August 1st, 1892

Belgian carillonneur Jef Denyn hosted the world's first carillon concert at St. Rumbold's Cathedral in Mechelen.

August 1st, 1876

Colorado is admitted as the 38th U.S. state.

August 1st, 1842

Three days of rioting erupted after a parade in Philadelphia, celebrating the end of slavery in the West Indies, was attacked by a mob.

August 1st, 1814

Britain celebrated a Grand Jubilee to mark 100 years since the accession of George I and 16 years since the start of the Battle of the Nile.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 1st

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 1st?

72

Herman Melville

American writer and poet (1819–1891)

*August 1st, 1819, Manhattan †September 28th, 1891, New York City

48

Ane Dahl Torp

Norwegian actress

*August 1st, 1975, Bærum Municipality

85

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

French naturalist (1744-1829)

*August 1st, 1744, Bazentin †December 18th, 1829, Paris

58

Sam Mendes

British stage and film director (born 1965)

*August 1st, 1965, Reading

39

Bastian Schweinsteiger

German association football player

*August 1st, 1984, Kolbermoor

90

Abdullah of Saudi Arabia

Former King of Saudi Arabia (1924-2015)

*August 1st, 1924, Riyadh †January 23rd, 2015, Riyadh

69

Benno Möhlmann

German association football player and manager

*August 1st, 1954, Lohne

93

Shimon Peres

Israeli politician who served as Prime Minister and then President of Israel (1923-2016)

*August 1st, 1923, Višnieva †September 28th, 2016, Sheba Medical Center

60

John Carroll Lynch

American character actor and film director

*August 1st, 1963, Boulder

70

Maria Mitchell

American astronomer

*August 1st, 1818, Nantucket †June 29th, 1889, Lynn

62

Danny Blind

Dutch association football player and manager (* 1961)

*August 1st, 1961, Oost-Souburg

84

Terry Kiser

American actor

*August 1st, 1939, Omaha

84

Arthur Hill

Canadian actor (1922–2006)

*August 1st, 1922, Melfort †October 22nd, 2006, Los Angeles

77

Franz Heinrich Härter

Protestant pastor

*August 1st, 1797, Strasbourg †August 5th, 1874, Strasbourg

61

Julie Bovasso

American actress (1930-1991)

*August 1st, 1930, Brooklyn †September 14th, 1991, New York City

71

Pierre Bourdieu

French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher (1930–2002)

*August 1st, 1930, Denguin †January 23rd, 2002, 12th arrondissement of Paris

44

Liz White

English actress

*August 1st, 1979, Rotherham

86

Georges Charpak

French physicist (1924-2010)

*August 1st, 1924, Dubrovytsia †September 29th, 2010, Paris

63

Michael Stewart

American playwright (1924-1987)

*August 1st, 1924, New York City †September 20th, 1987, New York City

63

Ernst Ortlepp

German poet

*August 1st, 1800, Droyßig †June 14th, 1864, Naumburg

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Born in 1798

56

Adam Mickiewicz

Polish national poet, dramatist, essayist, publicist, translator, and political activist (1798-1855)

*December 24th, 1798, Zavosse †November 26th, 1855, Istanbul

38

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837)

*June 29th, 1798, Recanati †June 14th, 1837, Naples

59

Auguste Comte

French philosopher and pioneer of positivism (1798-1857)

*January 19th, 1798, Montpellier †September 5th, 1857, Paris

65

Eugène Delacroix

French painter (1798–1863)

*April 26th, 1798, Saint-Maurice †August 13th, 1863, Paris

67

Massimo d'Azeglio

Italian statesman, novelist and painter

*October 21st, 1798, Turin †January 15th, 1866, Cannero Riviera

75

Jules Michelet

French historian; popularized the historical concept of the Renaissance

*August 21st, 1798, Paris †February 9th, 1874, Hyères

75

August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben

German scholar and poet

*April 2nd, 1798, Fallersleben †January 19th, 1874, Princely Abbey of Corvey

62

Alexandra Feodorovna

Wife of Nicholas I of Russia (1798-1860)

*July 13th, 1798, Berlin †October 20th, 1860, Tsarskoye Selo

55

Abigail Fillmore

First Lady of the United States from 1850 to 1853

*March 13th, 1798, Saratoga County †March 30th, 1853, Washington, D.C.

35

Pedro I of Brazil

Emperor of Brazil (1822–31) and King of Portugal (1826)

*October 12th, 1798, Palace of Queluz †September 24th, 1834, Palace of Queluz

77

František Palacký

Czech philosopher, historian, publicist and writer (1798-1876)

*June 14th, 1798, Hodslavice †May 26th, 1876, Prague

82

Jules Armand Dufaure

French politician and lawyer (1798-1881)

*December 4th, 1798, Saujon †June 27th, 1881, Rueil-Malmaison

63

Franz Gläser

Czech conductor and composer (1798-1861)

*April 19th, 1798, Horní Jiřetín †August 29th, 1861, Copenhagen

66

Wilhelm Arnoldi

German priest

*January 4th, 1798, Badem †January 7th, 1864, Trier

73

Willibald Alexis

German historical novelist

*June 29th, 1798, Wrocław †December 16th, 1871, Arnstadt

27

Manuel Jordán Valdivieso

Chilean officer of the war of independence

*April 6th, 1798, Santiago †November 27th, 1825, Longaví

64

Heinrich Maria von Hess

German painter (1798-1863)

*April 19th, 1798, Düsseldorf †March 29th, 1863, Munich

75

Wilhelm Amandus Auberlen

German composer (1798-1874)

*October 24th, 1798, Fellbach †September 29th, 1874, Fellbach

23

Prince Clemens of Saxony

Prince of Saxony

*May 1st, 1798, Dresden †January 4th, 1822, Pisa

45

Thomas James Henderson

Scottish lawyer, astronomer and mathematician (1798-1844)

*December 28th, 1798, Dundee †November 23rd, 1844, Edinburgh

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 1st

Fixed holidays (Emancipation Day is commemorated in many parts of the former British Empire, which marks the day the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into effect which abolished chattel slavery in the British Empire, Christian feast day, The beginning of autumn observances in the Northern hemisphere and spring observances in the Southern hemisphere) which are celebrated on August 1st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1798 is a normal year and no leap year.

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