August 21st, 1826

Born on August 21st, 1826

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

Born on August 21st, 1826

76

Carl Gegenbaur

German scientist (1826–1903)

*August 21st, 1826, Würzburg †June 14th, 1903, Heidelberg

Same year
Born in 1826

69

Johannes Overbeck

German archaeologist and art historian (1826-1895)

*March 27th, 1826, Antwerp †November 8th, 1895, Leipzig

76

Julius von Ficker

German historian (1826–1902)

*April 30th, 1826, Paderborn †July 10th, 1902, Innsbruck

63

Carlo Collodi

Italian writer (1826-1890)

*November 24th, 1826, Florence †October 26th, 1890, Florence

94

Eugènie de Montijo

Consort of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French (1826–1920)

*May 5th, 1826, Granada †July 11th, 1920, Madrid

69

Joseph-Henri Altès

French composer and flautist

*January 18th, 1826, Rouen †July 24th, 1895, rue Oudinot

49

Benoît Rouquayrol

French inventor (1826-1875)

*June 13th, 1826, Espalion †November 14th, 1875, Rodez

64

Stefano Jacini

Italian statesman and economist (1826-1891)

*June 20th, 1826, Casalbuttano †March 25th, 1891, Milan

46

Carl XV of Sweden

King of Sweden and Norway (1859-1872)

*May 3rd, 1826, Stockholm †September 18th, 1872, Malmö

74

Wilhelm Liebknecht

German socialist and political activist

*March 29th, 1826, Giessen †August 7th, 1900, Charlottenburg

76

Julia Grant

First Lady of the United States from 1869 to 1877

*January 26th, 1826, St. Louis †December 14th, 1902, Washington, D.C.

83

Stanislao Cannizzaro

Italian chemist (1826-1910)

*July 13th, 1826, Palermo †May 10th, 1910, Rome

74

Zénobe Gramme

Belgian electrical engineer

*April 4th, 1826, Jehay †January 20th, 1901, Bois-Colombes

83

Eusebio Lillo

Chilean writer and diplomat

*August 14th, 1826, Santiago †July 8th, 1910, Santiago

73

Frederic Edwin Church

American landscape painter (1826–1900)

*May 4th, 1826, Hartford †April 7th, 1900, New York City

67

Marie Wiegmann

German painter (1826-1893)

*November 7th, 1826, Srebrna Góra †December 4th, 1893, Düsseldorf

65

Lucien Dautresme

French politician and composer (1826–1892)

*May 21st, 1826, Elbeuf †February 18th, 1892, Paris

44

Carl Richard Zanders

German manufacturer (1826–1870)

*July 16th, 1826, Bergisch Gladbach †August 23rd, 1870, Bergisch Gladbach

86

Wilhelm Walther

German painter (1826-1913)

*October 18th, 1826, Cämmerswalde †May 7th, 1913, Dresden

79

Rosa Flesch

German Roman Catholic religious (1826–1906)

*February 24th, 1826, Schönstatt †January 1st, 1906, Kloster Marienhaus

83

Pál Gyulai

Hungarian literary historian, literary critic (1826-1909)

*January 25th, 1826, Cluj-Napoca †November 9th, 1909, Budapest

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1826 is a normal year and no leap year.

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