August 31st, 1833

Born on August 31st, 1833

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What happened on August 31st?

August 31st, 2019

A sightseeing helicopter crashed in the mountains of Skoddevarre in Alta, Norway, killing all six people on board.

August 31st, 2016

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff was removed from office following her impeachment on charges of criminal administrative misconduct.

August 31st, 2002

Typhoon Rusa made landfall in Goheung as the most powerful typhoon to hit South Korea in 43 years, killing at least 236 people.

August 31st, 1997

Diana, Princess of Wales (pictured), her partner Dodi Fayed, and their driver were killed in a car crash in Paris.

August 31st, 1969

On the final day of the Isle of Wight Festival 1969, attended by approximately 150,000 people over three days, Bob Dylan appeared in his first gig in three years.

August 31st, 1959

A parcel bomb sent by Ngô Đình Nhu (pictured), younger brother and chief adviser of South Vietnamese president Ngô Đình Diệm, failed to kill Norodom Sihanouk, Prime Minister of Cambodia.

August 31st, 1942

The Matagorda hurricane, the most intense and costliest tropical cyclone of the 1942 Atlantic hurricane season, dissipated after causing $26.5 million in damages and eight deaths.

August 31st, 1941

World War II: A detachment of Chetniks captured the town of Loznica in German-occupied Serbia.

August 31st, 1940

Second World War: Two Royal navy destroyers were lost to mines and two other vessels damaged off Texel, Netherlands, killing around 300 men.

August 31st, 1939

Nazi forces, posing as Poles, staged an attack against the German radio station Sender Gleiwitz in Gleiwitz, Upper Silesia, Germany, creating an excuse to invade Poland the next day.

August 31st, 1907

Russia and the United Kingdom signed the Anglo-Russian Convention, defining their respective spheres of interest in Persia, Afghanistan, and Tibet.

August 31st, 1897

Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the Kinetoscope, a precursor to the modern movie projector.

August 31st, 1888

The body of Mary Ann Nichols, the alleged first victim of an unidentified serial killer known as Jack the Ripper (pictured), was found in Buck's Row, London.

August 31st, 1876

Sultan Murad V of the Ottoman Empire was deposed after a reign of 93 days on grounds of mental illness.

August 31st, 1218

Al-Kamil became the fourth sultan of the Ayyubid dynasty of Egypt.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 31st

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

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

29

Alexander Henry Rhind

British scholar; (1833-1863)

*July 26th, 1833, Wick †July 3rd, 1863, Cadenabbia

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Leap year

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

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