August 21st, 1825

Born on August 21st, 1825

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

August 21st, 2015

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

August 21st, 2013

Syrian civil war: Areas controlled by the Syrian opposition in Ghouta, Damascus, were attacked by rockets (launcher pictured) containing sarin, killing at least 281 people.

August 21st, 1986

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

August 21st, 1963

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas (one pictured) across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

August 21st, 1945

American physicist Harry Daghlian accidentally dropped a tungsten carbide brick onto a plutonium bomb core, exposing himself to neutron radiation and later becoming the first Manhattan Project fatality due to a criticality accident.

August 21st, 1944

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

August 21st, 1942

World War II: The Imperial Japanese Army lost the Battle of the Tenaru, the first of its three major land offensives during the Guadalcanal campaign.

August 21st, 1911

Leonardo da Vinci's Mona Lisa (pictured) was stolen from the Louvre by museum employee Vincenzo Peruggia and was not recovered until two years later.

August 21st, 1858

The first of seven debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen A. Douglas (both pictured), candidates for an Illinois seat in the U.S. Senate, was held in Ottawa, Illinois.

August 21st, 1808

Peninsular War: British and Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

August 21st, 1789

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

August 21st, 1717

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

August 21st, 1716

Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War: Ottoman forces suddenly abandoned their siege of Corfu, allowing the Republic of Venice to preserve its rule over the Ionian Islands.

August 21st, 1689

Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 21st

Same year
Born in 1825

66

Emmy von Dincklage

German writer (1825-1891)

*March 13th, 1825, Gut Campe †June 28th, 1891, Berlin

67

Jean-Martin Charcot

French neurologist (1825–1893)

*November 29th, 1825, Paris †August 16th, 1893, Montsauche-les-Settons

73

Johann Strauss II

Austrian composer (1825-1899)

*October 25th, 1825, Neubau †June 3rd, 1899, Vienna

66

Luis Martos y Potestad

Spanish politician (1825-1892)

*October 1st, 1825, Cartagena †July 4th, 1892, Madrid

52

Cristóbal Oudrid

Spanish pianist, conductor and composer (1825-1877)

*February 7th, 1825, Badajoz †March 13th, 1877, Madrid

91

Dadabhai Naoroji

Indian politician leader, scholar and writer (1825–1917)

*September 4th, 1825, Mumbai †June 30th, 1917, Mumbai

72

Charles Garnier

French architect

*November 6th, 1825, former 12th arrondissement of Paris †August 3rd, 1898, 5th arrondissement of Paris

69

George Inness

American landscape painter (1825-1894)

*May 1st, 1825, Newburgh †August 3rd, 1894, Bridge of Allan

65

Camilo Castelo Branco

19th-century Portuguese writer

*March 16th, 1825, Lisbon †June 1st, 1890, Seide

77

Práxedes Mateo Sagasta

Spanish politician (1825–1903)

*July 21st, 1825, Torrecilla en Cameros †January 5th, 1903, Madrid

87

François Auguste Logerot

French general (1825-1913)

*February 1st, 1825, Noyers-sur-Cher †January 15th, 1913, Bourg-en-Bresse

78

Heinrich Tønnies

Danish photographer (1825–1903)

*May 10th, 1825, Grünenplan †December 11th, 1903, Aalborg

78

Alexis L'Hotte

French soldier and officer (1825–1904)

*March 25th, 1825, Lunéville †February 3rd, 1904, Lunéville

73

Angela Truszkowska

Polish beatified nun

*May 16th, 1825, Kalisz †October 10th, 1898, Kraków

65

Anna Elisabeth Kelly

Swiss painter (1825-1890)

*April 10th, 1825, St. Gallen †May 1st, 1890, St. Gallen

77

Marie of Nassau

European royal (1826-1902)

*January 29th, 1825, Biebrich †March 24th, 1902, Neuwied

27

Tito Speri

Italian patriot (1825-1853)

*August 2nd, 1825, Brescia †March 3rd, 1853, Belfiore

72

Julius Schulhoff

Austrian pianist and composer (1825-1898)

*August 2nd, 1825, Prague †March 13th, 1898, Berlin

71

Johann Jakob Egli

Swiss geographer (1825-1896)

*May 17th, 1825, Laufen-Uhwiesen †August 24th, 1896, Zurich

84

Eduard de Hartog

Dutch composer and pianist

*September 15th, 1825, Amsterdam †November 5th, 1909, The Hague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1825 is a normal year and no leap year.

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