August 28th, 1833

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Born on August 28th, 1833 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 28th, 1833?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 28th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1833)

Born on August 28th, 1833

Weekday

Wednesday

August 28th, 1833 was a Wednesday.

Age

190

People born on August 28th, 1833 will turn 191 this year (2024), in exactly 123 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1833 - September 23rd, 1833

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 361 days, exactly on April 23rd, 2025, people who were born on August 28th, 1833 will be 70,000 days old!

69,639 Days

9,948 Weeks

2,287 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 28th, 1833?

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the British Empire with exceptions.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_Abolition_Act_1833

What else happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

August 28th, 1640

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Born on August 28th, 1833

Edward Burne-Jones

British Pre-Raphaelite painter (1833-1898)

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

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Leo Tolstoy

Russian author (1828–1910)

*August 28th, 1828, Yasnaya Polyana †November 7th, 1910, Astapovo

Karl Otfried Müller

German scholar of classical Greek studies (1797–1840)

*August 28th, 1797, Brzeg †August 1st, 1840, Athens

Petra Schmidt-Schaller

German actress

*August 28th, 1980, Magdeburg

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

German writer, artist, natural scientist and politician (1749–1832)

*August 28th, 1749, Frankfurt †March 22nd, 1832, Weimar

Heinrich Heydemann

German classical archaeologist

*August 28th, 1842, Greifswald †September 10th, 1890, Halle (Saale)

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

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

Felix Jaehn

German DJ and music producer

*August 28th, 1994, Hamburg

Lucy Webb Hayes

First Lady of the United States from 1877 to 1881

*August 28th, 1831, Chillicothe †June 25th, 1889, Fremont

Karl-Michael Vogler

German actor

*August 28th, 1928, Remscheid †June 9th, 2009, Seehausen am Staffelsee

Dietz-Otto Edzard

German Assyriologist

*August 28th, 1930, Bremen †June 2nd, 2004, Munich

Adolf von Wittich

Politician (1836-1906)

*August 28th, 1836, Trzcianka †February 23rd, 1906, Würzburg

Umberto Giordano

Italian opera composer

*August 28th, 1867, Foggia †November 12th, 1948, Milan

Ludvig Norman

Swedish composer, conductor, pianist, and music teacher (1831-1885)

*August 28th, 1831, Stockholm †March 28th, 1885, Stockholm

Eckhard Müller-Mertens

German medievalist

*August 28th, 1923, Berlin †January 14th, 2015, Berlin

Carsten Jancker

German association football player and manager

*August 28th, 1974, Grevesmühlen

Jonas Breitenstein

Swiss parish priest and writer (1828-1877)

*August 28th, 1828, Ziefen †May 23rd, 1877, Basel

Roxie Roker

Bahamian–American actress (1929-1995)

*August 28th, 1929, Miami †December 2nd, 1995, Los Angeles

Shania Twain

Canadian country music singer and songwriter

*August 28th, 1965, Windsor

Theodor Weber

German physician

*August 28th, 1829, Leipzig †September 4th, 1914, Halle (Saale)

Kim Se-jeong

South Korean singer and actress

*August 28th, 1996, Gimje

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

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

Edwin Booth

19th-century American actor

*November 13th, 1833, Bel Air †June 7th, 1893, New York City

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.VIII.MDCCCXXXIII

28.8.1833

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

August 1833

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August 28th, 1833

Born on August 28th, 1833

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

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

69,639 Days

9,948 Weeks

2,287 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 28th, 1833?

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 receives royal assent, making the purchase or ownership of slaves illegal in the British Empire with exceptions.

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

What else happened on August 28th?

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line opens for service

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

The first direct Presidential election in Singapore was held.

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; during the incident the hostages had bonded with their captors, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

In tennis, Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight.

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

Tom Thumb, the first American-built steam locomotive, engaged in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Bishops' Wars: Scottish Covenanter forces led by Alexander Leslie defeated the English army near Newburn, England.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Born on August 28th, 1833

British Pre-Raphaelite painter (1833-1898)

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year Born in 1833

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Alexander of Constantinople

Augustine of Hippo

Edmund Arrowsmith

Hermes

Moses the Black

August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Grandparents Day (Mexico)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.8.1833

Legend

Leap year

Calendar August 1833

August 1833

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

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

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Who's birthday is on August 28th?

Same year
Born in 1833

Calendar
August 1833

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