August 3rd, 1833

Born on August 3rd, 1833

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 3rd?

August 3rd, 1971

Fighting Dinosaurs, a fossil specimen featuring a Velociraptor and a Protoceratops in combat, was unearthed in the Djadochta Formation of Mongolia.

August 3rd, 2009

The last vessels involved in Taurus 09, a Royal Navy training deployment covering 20,400 miles (32,800 km), returned to HMNB Devonport, England.

August 3rd, 1460

James II of Scotland is killed by an exploding cannon at Roxburgh Castle.

August 3rd, 1975

A privately chartered Boeing 707 (aircraft involved pictured) struck a mountain peak and crashed near Agadir, Morocco, killing 188.

August 3rd, 1347

Hundred Years' War: The French town of Calais capitulated to English forces after an eleven-month siege, ending the Crécy campaign.

August 3rd, 2005

Mauritanian president Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya was overthrown in a military coup while he attended the funeral of King Fahd of Saudi Arabia.

August 3rd, 1997

The Sky Tower, then the tallest free-standing structure in the Southern Hemisphere at 328 m (1,076 ft), opened in Auckland, New Zealand.

August 3rd, 1948

Before the House Un-American Activities Committee of the United States House of Representatives, former spy turned government informer Whittaker Chambers accused U.S. State Department official Alger Hiss of being a communist and a Soviet spy.

August 3rd, 1940

World War II: Italian forces began a conquest of British Somaliland, capturing the region in 16 days.

August 3rd, 1936

African-American athlete Jesse Owens won the first of his four gold medals at the Berlin Olympics, dashing Nazi leaders' hopes of Aryan domination at the games.

August 3rd, 1929

Jiddu Krishnamurti (pictured), believed by some Theosophists to be a likely candidate for the messianic "World Teacher", dissolved the Order of the Star, the organisation established to support him.

August 3rd, 1913

An agricultural workers' strike in Wheatland degenerated into a riot, becoming one of the first major farm-labor confrontations in California.

August 3rd, 1903

Macedonian rebels in Kruševo proclaimed a republic, which existed for ten days before Ottoman forces destroyed the town.

August 3rd, 1857

Indian Rebellion: An eight-day siege of a fortified outbuilding in Arrah occupied by 68 defenders against more than 10,000 men ended when a relief party dispersed the besiegers.

August 3rd, 2023

Worst floods hit major parts of Slovenia.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 3rd

Same year
Born in 1833

63

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

*October 21st, 1833, Stockholm †December 10th, 1896, Sanremo

63

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

*May 7th, 1833, Hamburg †April 3rd, 1897, Vienna

67

Benjamin Harrison

American politician (1833–1901); President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

*August 20th, 1833, North Bend †March 13th, 1901, Indianapolis

74

Zacharie Astruc

French sculptor, painter, poet, and art critic (1833-1907)

*February 23rd, 1833, Angers †May 24th, 1907, Paris

66

John Anderson

Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India as the curator of the Indian Museum (1833-1900)

*October 4th, 1833, Edinburgh †August 15th, 1900, Buxton

65

Robert Green Ingersoll

American lawyer, orator, and politician (1833-1899)

*August 11th, 1833, Dresden †July 21st, 1899, Dobbs Ferry

84

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

Italian journalist, revolutionary soldier and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate (1833–1918)

*September 20th, 1833, Milan †January 30th, 1918, Milan

58

Pedro Antonio de Alarcón

Nineteenth-century Spanish novelist

*March 10th, 1833, Guadix †July 19th, 1891, Madrid

77

August Robert Wolff

Polish publisher (1833-1910)

*January 10th, 1833, Zgierz †August 20th, 1910, Sopot, Poland

51

Charles George Gordon

British army officer and administrator

*January 28th, 1833, Woolwich †January 26th, 1885, Khartoum

73

José María de Pereda

Spanish writer (1833–1906)

*February 6th, 1833, Santander †March 1st, 1906, Santander

64

Edward Burne-Jones

British Pre-Raphaelite painter (1833-1898)

*August 28th, 1833, Birmingham †June 17th, 1898, London

90

Andrés Avelino Cáceres

Peruvian politician, military (1836-1923)

*February 4th, 1833, Ayacucho †October 10th, 1923, Lima

32

Karl Klaus von der Decken

German explorer (1833-1865)

*August 8th, 1833, Kotzen †October 2nd, 1865, Somalia

62

Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria

Austrian archduke, 1833-1896

*July 30th, 1833, Schönbrunn Palace †May 19th, 1896, Vienna

86

Cristoforo Benigno Crespi

Italian businessman (1833–1920)

*October 18th, 1833, Busto Arsizio †January 5th, 1920, Milan

30

William P. Sanders

Union Army general (1833-1863)

*August 12th, 1833, Frankfort †November 19th, 1863, Bijou Theatre

55

Christian Jank

German painter (1833-1888)

*July 15th, 1833, Munich †November 25th, 1888, Munich

87

Marius Roy

French painter

*June 11th, 1833, Lyon †April 28th, 1921, avenue du Maine

94

Julius Abel

1833-1928

*July 31st, 1833, Ottenhausen †November 30th, 1927, Waiblingen

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 3rd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Niger from France in 1960.) which are celebrated on August 3rd.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1833 is a normal year and no leap year.

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