August 2nd, 1803

Born on August 2nd, 1803

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

August 2nd, 1945

World War II: The Potsdam Conference ends.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Same year
Born in 1803

65

Hector Berlioz

French composer and conductor (1803–1869)

*December 11th, 1803, La Côte-Saint-André †March 8th, 1869, Paris

49

Christian Doppler

Austrian mathematician, physicist (1803–1853)

*November 29th, 1803, Salzburg †March 17th, 1853, Venice

78

Ralph Waldo Emerson

American philosopher (1803–1882)

*May 25th, 1803, Boston †April 27th, 1882, Concord

63

Salomon Munk

German-born Jewish-French Orientalist (1803–1867)

*May 14th, 1803, Głogów †February 5th, 1867, Paris

51

Léon Faucher

French economist, journalist and politician (1803-1854)

*September 8th, 1803, Limoges †December 14th, 1854, Marseille

80

Maria Doolaeghe

Flemish poet and writer (1803-1884)

*October 25th, 1803, Diksmuide †April 7th, 1884, Diksmuide

52

Adolphe Adam

French composer (1803–1856)

*July 24th, 1803, former 3rd arrondissement of Paris †May 3rd, 1856, former 2nd arrondissement of Paris

75

Albrecht von Roon

Prussian general (1803-1879)

*April 30th, 1803, Pleśna, West Pomeranian Voivodeship †February 23rd, 1879, Berlin

75

Jacob Abbott

American writer of children's books (1803-1879)

*November 14th, 1803, Hallowell †October 31st, 1879, Farmington

41

Flora Tristan

French writer and suffragist (1803-1844)

*April 7th, 1803, Paris †November 14th, 1844, Bordeaux

67

Charles Kestner

French politician

*June 30th, 1803, Strasbourg †August 12th, 1870, Strasbourg

81

Abner Coburn

American politician (1803-1885)

*March 22nd, 1803, Skowhegan †January 4th, 1885, Skowhegan

59

Eduard Ahrens

Baltic German clergyman and linguist (1803-1863)

*April 3rd, 1803, Tallinn †February 19th, 1863, Kuusalu

72

Edgar Quinet

French writer (1803-1875)

*February 17th, 1803, Bourg-en-Bresse †March 27th, 1875, Versailles

78

Ramón de Mesonero Romanos

Spanish writer

*July 19th, 1803, Madrid †April 30th, 1882, Madrid

32

Joseph Marchand

French missionary (1803-1835)

*August 17th, 1803, Passavant †November 30th, 1835, Ho Chi Minh City

79

Lucas de Tornos

Spanish naturalist

*January 1st, 1803, Cariñena †January 1st, 1882, Madrid

68

Antonija Höffern

Slovenian noblewoman and educator (1803–1871)

*February 4th, 1803, Knežja Vas †May 21st, 1871, Ljubljana

77

Frédéric Kuhlmann

French professor of chemistry and entrepreneur (1803-1881)

*May 22nd, 1803, Colmar †January 27th, 1881, Lille

60

August Lucas

German painter (1803-1863)

*May 7th, 1803, Darmstadt †September 28th, 1863, Darmstadt

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Public holidays on August 2nd

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1803 is a normal year and no leap year.

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