August 17th, 1823

Born on August 17th, 1823

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 17th?

August 17th, 2009

A hydroelectric turbine at the Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam in Russia catastrophically failed, flooding the turbine hall, killing 75 people and causing widespread power outages.

August 17th, 2008

Michael Phelps won his eighth gold medal of the Summer Olympics in Beijing, setting the record for the most gold medals won by an athlete at a single games.

August 17th, 1969

Hurricane Camille struck the Mississippi coast of the United States, killing 259 people and causing $1.42 billion in damage..

August 17th, 1959

American musician Miles Davis released Kind of Blue, which became one of the best-selling and most critically acclaimed jazz recordings of all time.

August 17th, 1950

Korean War: Forty-two American prisoners of war were massacred by the Korean People's Army on a hill above Waegwan, South Korea.

August 17th, 1945

Animal Farm, George Orwell's satirical allegory of Soviet totalitarianism, was first published.

August 17th, 1943

World War II: The Royal Air Force began a strategic bombing campaign against Nazi Germany's V-weapon programme by attacking the Peenemünde Army Research Center.

August 17th, 1916

World War I: Romania signed a secret treaty with the Entente Powers, agreeing to enter the war in return for promised territory in Austria-Hungary.

August 17th, 1915

A category 4 hurricane made landfall in Galveston, Texas, leaving at least 275 people dead and causing $50 million in damage.

August 17th, 1914

World War I: Ignoring orders to retreat, Hermann von François led a successful counterattack defending East Prussia at the Battle of Stallupönen and scored the first German victory in the Eastern Front.

August 17th, 1907

Pike Place Market (pictured), one of the oldest continuously operated public farmers' markets in the U.S. and a popular tourist attraction, opened in Seattle, Washington.

August 17th, 1676

Scanian War: Swedish forces defeated Danish troops at the Battle of Halmstad.

August 17th, 1424

Hundred Years' War: Allied English and Burgundian forces gained a strategically important victory at the bloody Battle of Verneuil in Normandy, France.

August 17th, 0986

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: The Bulgarians defeated Byzantine forces at the battle of the Gates of Trajan near present-day Ihtiman, with Emperor Basil II barely escaping.

August 17th, 1876

The premiere of Götterdämmerung by Richard Wagner (pictured) closed the first Bayreuth Festival.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 17th

Same year
Born in 1823

90

Alfred Russel Wallace

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

*January 8th, 1823, Usk †November 7th, 1913, Broadstone

38

Abdülmecid I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1823-1861)

*April 25th, 1823, Istanbul †June 25th, 1861, Istanbul

62

Eduard Oscar Schmidt

German zoologist (1823–1886)

*February 21st, 1823, Torgau †January 17th, 1886, Kappelrodeck

70

Louis Martin

Father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, spouse of and Marie-Azélie Guérin (1823-1894)

*August 22nd, 1823, Bordeaux †July 29th, 1894, Arnières-sur-Iton

63

Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

*March 31st, 1823, Moscow †June 2nd, 1886, Schelykovo

67

Théodore de Banville

French writer (1823-1891)

*March 14th, 1823, Moulins †March 13th, 1891, Paris

76

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

68

Leopold Kronecker

German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)

*December 7th, 1823, Legnica †December 29th, 1891, Berlin

91

Jean-Henri Fabre

French entomologist and author (1823-1915)

*December 21st, 1823, Saint-Léons †October 11th, 1915, Sérignan-du-Comtat

65

Alexandre Cabanel

French painter (1823–1889)

*September 28th, 1823, Montpellier †January 23rd, 1889, Paris

72

John Russell Hind

English astronomer

*May 12th, 1823, Nottingham †December 23rd, 1895, Twickenham

76

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

70

Johann Wilhelm Schwedler

German civil engineer, structural engineer and constructor (1823-1894)

*June 28th, 1823, Berlin †June 9th, 1894, Berlin

29

Gotthold Eisenstein

German mathematician

*April 16th, 1823, Berlin †October 11th, 1852, Berlin

36

Phineas Gage

19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma

*July 9th, 1823, Grafton County †May 21st, 1860, San Francisco

72

Adolf Streckfuß

German author (1823–1895)

*May 10th, 1823, Berlin †October 11th, 1895, Berlin

37

Zacharias Dase

German mental calculator

*November 30th, 1823, Hamburg †November 30th, 1860, Hamburg

56

William Henry Powell

American artist (1823–1879)

*February 14th, 1823, New York City †October 6th, 1879, New York City

62

Hedwig Prohl

German writer (1823–1886)

*June 30th, 1823, Gniew †February 12th, 1886, Wrocław

76

Emma Hardinge Britten

British spiritualist, editor (1823-1899)

*May 2nd, 1823, London †October 2nd, 1899, Manchester

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1823 is a normal year and no leap year.

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