August 21st, 1833

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Born on August 21st, 1833 – 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 1833)

Born on August 21st, 1833

Weekday

Wednesday

August 21st, 1833 was a Wednesday.

Age

190

People born on August 21st, 1833 will turn 191 this year (2024), in exactly 115 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1833 - August 23rd, 1833

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 69,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 353 days, exactly on April 16th, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1833 will be 70,000 days old!

69,647 Days

9,949 Weeks

2,288 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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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

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

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

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

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

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

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

Joaquina Cabrera

Guatemalan First Mother of the Nation

*August 21st, 1836, Quetzaltenango †July 3rd, 1908, Guatemala City

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

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

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

Same year
Born in 1833

Alfred Nobel

Swedish chemist and inventor (1833–1896)

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

Johannes Brahms

German composer (1833–1897)

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

Benjamin Harrison

President of the United States from 1889 to 1893

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

Ferdinand von Richthofen

German traveller, geographer and scientist (1833-1905)

*May 5th, 1833, Pokój †October 6th, 1905, Berlin

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

Friedrich von Hassel

*October 11th, 1833, Hamm †October 14th, 1890, Hamm

Ernesto Teodoro Moneta

Italian journalist, nationalist, revolutionary soldier and later a pacifist and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate

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

Félix Bracquemond

French painter (1833-1914)

*May 22nd, 1833, Paris †October 29th, 1914, Sèvres

Zacharie Astruc

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

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

Auguste Schmidt

German activist, editor (1833-1902)

*August 3rd, 1833, Wrocław †June 10th, 1902, Leipzig

Alexander Borodin

Russian composer, doctor and chemist

*October 31st, 1833, Saint Petersburg †February 15th, 1887, Saint Petersburg

Élie Ducommun

Swiss activist (1833-1906)

*February 19th, 1833, Geneva †December 7th, 1906, Bern

August Robert Wolff

Polish publisher (1833-1910)

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

Jules Demersseman

French composer and flutist (1833-1866)

*January 9th, 1833, Hondschoote †December 1st, 1866, Paris

Émile Duployé

French clergyman and shorthand system creator

*September 10th, 1833, Liesse-Notre-Dame †May 9th, 1912, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés

Edward Burne-Jones

British Pre-Raphaelite painter (1833-1898)

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

Robert Green Ingersoll

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

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

Theodor Bradsky

Czech composer

*January 17th, 1833, Rakovník †August 10th, 1881, Rakovník

Rudolf Berlin

German ophthalmologist (1833-1897)

*May 2nd, 1833, Friedland †September 12th, 1897, Linthal

Federico Delpino

Italian scientist (1833-1905)

*December 17th, 1833, Chiavari †May 14th, 1905, Naples

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.MDCCCXXXIII

21.8.1833

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
August 1833

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August 21st, 1833

Born on August 21st, 1833

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 69,000 days old!

69,647 Days

9,949 Weeks

2,288 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

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

Same year Born in 1833

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

21.8.1833

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Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 69,000 days old!

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Calendar
August 1833

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31				1	2	3	4
32	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
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