August 21st, 1829

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Born on August 21st, 1829 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1829)

Born on August 21st, 1829

Weekday

Friday

August 21st, 1829 was a Friday.

Age

194

People born on August 21st, 1829 will turn 195 this year (2024), in exactly 115 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1829 - August 23rd, 1829

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 71,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 892 days, exactly on October 7th, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1829 will be 72,000 days old!

71,108 Days

10,158 Weeks

2,336 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 21st?

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 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–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 the command of 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 risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

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

Born on August 21st, 1829

Otto Goldschmidt

German composer, conductor and pianist

*August 21st, 1829, Hamburg †February 24th, 1907, London

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

*August 21st, 1853, Riga †April 4th, 1932, Großbothen

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer (1882-1965)

*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg

William IV

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Eve Torres

American actress, dancer, model and professional wrestler

*August 21st, 1984, Boston

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Same year
Born in 1829

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

*October 5th, 1829, Fairfield †November 18th, 1886, New York City

Ferdinand von Hochstetter

German geologist

*April 30th, 1829, Esslingen am Neckar †July 18th, 1884, Vienna

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

Auguste Beernaert

Belgian prime minister and human rights activist (1829-1912)

*July 26th, 1829, Ostend †October 6th, 1912, Lucerne

Carl Schurz

Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)

*March 2nd, 1829, Liblar †May 14th, 1906, New York City

Oscar II of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905

*January 21st, 1829, Stockholm †December 8th, 1907, Stockholm

Manuel Tamayo y Baus

Spanish dramatist

*September 15th, 1829, Madrid †June 20th, 1898, Madrid

Anton Rubinstein

Russian pianist, composer and conductor

*November 16th, 1829, Ofatinți †November 8th, 1894, Petergof

Camillo Walzel

German librettist (1829-1895)

*February 11th, 1829, Magdeburg †March 17th, 1895, Vienna

Carl Frederik Tietgen

Danish businessman

*March 19th, 1829, Odense †October 19th, 1901, Copenhagen

Geronimo

Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829-1909)

*June 16th, 1829, Gila River †February 17th, 1909, Fort Sill

Alfred Brehm

German naturalist (1829-1884)

*February 2nd, 1829, Renthendorf †November 11th, 1884, Renthendorf

Levi Strauss

German-Jewish-born American businessman

*February 26th, 1829, Buttenheim †September 26th, 1902, San Francisco

Juan Facundo Riaño y Montero

*November 24th, 1829, Granada †February 27th, 1901, Madrid

Asaph Hall

American astronomer (*1829 – †1907)

*October 15th, 1829, Goshen †November 22nd, 1907, Annapolis

August Kekulé

German organic chemist

*September 7th, 1829, Darmstadt †July 13th, 1896, Bonn

Robert Lowry

32nd governor of Mississippi

*March 10th, 1829, Chesterfield County †January 19th, 1910, Jackson

Thomas Hill

American painter (1829–1908)

*September 11th, 1829, West Midlands †June 30th, 1908, Madera County

Carl von Hänisch

German officer (1829-1908)

*January 4th, 1829, Racibórz †September 5th, 1908, Charlottenburg

Catherine Booth

Mother of The Salvation Army

*January 17th, 1829, Ashbourne †October 4th, 1890, Clacton-on-Sea

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MDCCCXXIX

21.8.1829

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1829 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1829

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August 21st, 1829

Born on August 21st, 1829

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 71,000 days old!

71,108 Days

10,158 Weeks

2,336 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

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

Born on August 21st, 1829

German composer, conductor and pianist

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year Born in 1829

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1829

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 71,000 days old!

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

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Same year
Born in 1829

Calendar
August 1829

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32	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
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