August 22nd, 1834

Born on August 22nd, 1834

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 70,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 946 days, exactly on January 11th, 2029, people who were born on August 22nd, 1834 will be 71,000 days old!

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What happened on August 22nd?

August 22nd, 2006

Grigori Perelman was awarded the Fields Medal for his proof of the Poincaré conjecture in mathematics but refused to accept the medal.

August 22nd, 2003

Roy Moore, Alabama's chief justice, was suspended after refusing to comply with a U.S. federal court order to remove a rock inscribed with the Ten Commandments from the lobby of the Supreme Court of Alabama building.

August 22nd, 1962

An assassination attempt orchestrated by the OAS takes place against Charles de Gaulle, although he is uninjured.

August 22nd, 2015

A former military aircraft crashed at an airshow at Shoreham Airport in southern England, killing eleven people.

August 22nd, 1985

A fire broke out on British Airtours Flight 28M at Manchester Airport, causing 55 deaths mostly due to smoke inhalation, and leading to changes to make aircraft evacuation more effective.

August 22nd, 1984

The constitution of Singapore was amended to apportion seats to defeated opposition candidates in Parliament, which had hitherto entirely comprised members of the People's Action Party.

August 22nd, 1961

Ida Siekmann jumped from a window in her tenement building trying to flee to West Berlin, becoming the first person to die at the Berlin Wall.

August 22nd, 1914

First World War: A squadron of the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards attacked a German scout party, the first engagement of British forces on the Western Front.

August 22nd, 1864

Under the leadership of Henry Dunant and the International Committee of the Red Cross, twelve European states signed the First Geneva Convention, establishing rules for the protection of victims of armed conflict.

August 22nd, 1851

The yacht America won the race for the Cup of One Hundred Sovereigns (trophy pictured), later renamed the America's Cup, near the Isle of Wight, England.

August 22nd, 1777

American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold used a ruse to convince the British that a much larger force was arriving, causing them to abandon the siege of Fort Stanwix (reconstructed fort pictured).

August 22nd, 1711

Queen Anne's War: A British attempt to attack Quebec failed when eight ships wrecked on the St. Lawrence River.

August 22nd, 1642

King Charles I raised the royal standard at Nottingham, marking the beginning of the First English Civil War.

August 22nd, 1639

The Vijayanagara Empire leased a small strip of land in present-day Chennai, the capital of the present-day Indian state of Tamil Nadu, to the East India Company.

August 22nd, 1485

At the Battle of Bosworth Field, Lancastrian forces under Henry Tudor, Earl of Richmond, defeated Yorkist forces under Richard III of England, decisively ending the Wars of the Roses.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 22nd

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

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

75

Luise Limbach

German singer and opera singer (1834-1909)

*October 8th, 1834, Düsseldorf †October 15th, 1909, Berlin

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Leap year

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

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