August 5th, 1835

Born on August 5th, 1835

Weekday

Wednesday

August 5th, 1835 was a Wednesday.

Age

190

People born on August 5th, 1835 will turn 191 this year (2026), in exactly 49 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1835 - August 23rd, 1835

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 287 days, exactly on March 31st, 2027, people who were born on August 5th, 1835 will be 70,000 days old!

69,713 Days

9,959 Weeks

2,290 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on August 5th?

August 5th, 2013

A python killed two boys in Campbellton, New Brunswick, Canada.

August 5th, 2015

United States Environmental Protection Agency personnel accidentally caused a spillage (aftermath pictured) of 3 million gallons (11 million litres) of mine waste water and tailings trapped inside the Gold King Mine near Silverton, Colorado.

August 5th, 2011

NASA launched the Juno probe to Jupiter as part of the New Frontiers program.

August 5th, 1993

Wizards of the Coast released Magic: The Gathering, the first trading card game.

August 5th, 1984

A Biman Bangladesh Airlines aircraft crashed while attempting to land in Dhaka, killing 49 people in the deadliest aviation accident in Bangladeshi history.

August 5th, 1981

U.S. president Ronald Reagan fired the 11,345 striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization en masse.

August 5th, 1962

American actress and model Marilyn Monroe was found dead of a barbiturate overdose in her home in Brentwood, Los Angeles.

August 5th, 1916

First World War: The British Empire's Sinai and Palestine campaign began with a victory at the Battle of Romani.

August 5th, 1888

Bertha Benz made the first long-distance automobile trip, driving 106 km (66 mi) from Mannheim to Pforzheim, Germany, in a Benz Patent-Motorwagen.

August 5th, 1816

Sir John Barrow, secretary at the Admiralty, rejected a proposal to use Francis Ronalds's electrical telegraph, deeming it "wholly unnecessary".

August 5th, 1772

Russia, Prussia and Habsburg Austria began the First Partition of Poland, with the primary motive to restore the regional balance of power in Eastern Europe.

August 5th, 1716

Austro-Turkish War: The Ottoman army were defeated in their attempt to capture the Habsburgs-controlled Petrovaradin Fortress despite having double the number of soldiers.

August 5th, 1689

Beaver Wars: Aggravated by increased French incursions into their territory, a large force of Mohawk warriors substantially destroyed the settlement of Lachine in present-day Quebec.

August 5th, 1278

King Alfonso X of Castile was forced to abandon the Siege of Algeciras, the first of many on the city during the Spanish Reconquista.

August 5th, 1100

Henry I was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 5th

Same year
Born in 1835

Martin Kähler

German theologian

*January 6th, 1835, Guryevsk †September 7th, 1912, Freudenstadt

Adolf Michaelis

German classical archaeologist

*June 22nd, 1835, Kiel †August 12th, 1910, Strasbourg

Mark Twain

American author and humorist (1835–1910)

*November 30th, 1835, Florida †April 21st, 1910, Redding

Giosuè Carducci

Italian poet and teacher (1835-1907)

*July 27th, 1835, Valdicastello Carducci †February 8th, 1907, Bologna

Elisha Gray

American electrical engineer

*August 2nd, 1835, Barnesville †January 21st, 1901, Newtonville

Leopold II of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909

*April 9th, 1835, City of Brussels †December 17th, 1909, Laeken

Andrew Carnegie

American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)

*November 25th, 1835, Dunfermline †August 11th, 1919, Lenox

Julius Vogel

8th Premier of New Zealand (1835-1899)

*February 24th, 1835, London †March 12th, 1899, Surrey

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)

*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic

Dámaso Zabalza

Spanish composer and pianist (1830-1894)

*December 11th, 1835, Irurita †February 27th, 1894, Madrid

Camille Saint-Saëns

French composer, organist, conductor and pianist

*October 9th, 1835, 11th arrondissement of Paris †December 16th, 1921, Algiers

Dimitrios Vikelas

Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)

*February 15th, 1835, Ermoupolis †July 20th, 1908, Athens

Cesare Lombroso

Italian psychiatrist, physician, and criminologist (1835-1909)

*November 6th, 1835, Verona †October 19th, 1909, Turin

Adlai Stevenson I

American politician (1835–1914); Vice President of the United States from 1893 to 1897

*October 23rd, 1835, Christian County †June 14th, 1914, Chicago

Lyman Abbott

American theologian, editor, author (1835-1922)

*December 18th, 1835, Roxbury †October 22nd, 1922, New York City

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad

Indian religious leader (1835–1908)

*February 13th, 1835, Qadian †May 26th, 1908, Lahore

Fukuzawa Yukichi

Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio University in Japan's Meiji era (1835-1901)

*January 10th, 1835, Dōjima †February 3rd, 1901, Shiba-ku