August 21st, 1834

Born on August 21st, 1834

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on August 21st?

August 21st, 2007

BioShock was released in North America, becoming a critical success and a demonstration of video games as an art form.

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 (one pictured) 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 and 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 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 clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

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

Same year
Born in 1834

70

Hermann Usener

German classical philologist

*October 23rd, 1834, Weilburg †October 21st, 1905, Bonn

51

Amilcare Ponchielli

Italian composer (1834-1886)

*August 31st, 1834, Paderno Ponchielli †January 16th, 1886, Milan

85

Ernst Haeckel

German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician and artist (1834–1919)

*February 16th, 1834, Potsdam †August 9th, 1919, Jena

58

Ignacio Manuel Altamirano

Mexican writer, journalist, teacher and politician (1834-1893)

*November 13th, 1834, Tixtla de Guerrero †February 13th, 1893, Sanremo

92

Charles William Eliot

American president of Harvard (1834–1926)

*March 20th, 1834, Boston †August 22nd, 1926, Northeast Harbor

50

Próspero Fernández Oreamuno

Bueno (1834-1885)

*July 18th, 1834, San José †March 12th, 1885, Alajuela

68

Frank R. Stockton

American writer (1834-1902)

*April 5th, 1834, Philadelphia †April 20th, 1902, The Woodlands

62

William Morris

British textile artist, author, and socialist (1834–1896)

*March 24th, 1834, Walthamstow †October 3rd, 1896, London

73

George Anthony Walkem

Canadian lawyer (1834-1908)

*November 15th, 1834, Newry †January 13th, 1908, Victoria

65

Gottlieb Daimler

German engineer and businessman (1834-1900)

*March 17th, 1834, Schorndorf †March 6th, 1900, Bad Cannstatt

88

John Venn

British logician and philosopher (1834-1923)

*August 4th, 1834, Kingston upon Hull †April 4th, 1923, Cambridge

70

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)

*August 2nd, 1834, Colmar †October 4th, 1904, 6th arrondissement of Paris

57

Jan Neruda

Czech poet, theater reviewer, publicist, journalist and writer (1834-1891)

*July 9th, 1834, Prague †August 22nd, 1891, Prague

71

Martin Nováček

Czech conductor, violinist, music educator, composer and organist

*November 10th, 1834, Horažďovice †March 19th, 1906, Timișoara

80

August Weismann

German evolutionary biologist (1834-1914)

*January 17th, 1834, Frankfurt †November 5th, 1914, Freiburg im Breisgau

57

Charles Spurgeon

British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist

*June 19th, 1834, Kelvedon †January 31st, 1892, Menton

56

Joseph Edgar Boehm

British sculptor (1834-1890)

*July 6th, 1834, Vienna †December 12th, 1890, London

68

John Wesley Powell

American geologist (1834-1902)

*March 24th, 1834, Mount Morris †September 23rd, 1902, North Haven

55

Carl Bloch

Danish painter (1834–1890)

*May 23rd, 1834, Copenhagen †February 22nd, 1890, Copenhagen

79

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury

English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath (1834-1913)

*April 30th, 1834, London †May 28th, 1913, Broadstairs

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1834 is a normal year and no leap year.

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