August 21st, 1841

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Born on August 21st, 1841 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1841)

Born on August 21st, 1841

Weekday

Saturday

August 21st, 1841 was a Saturday.

Age

182

People born on August 21st, 1841 will turn 183 this year (2024), in exactly 115 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1841 - August 23rd, 1841

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 66,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 275 days, exactly on January 28th, 2025, people who were born on August 21st, 1841 will be 67,000 days old!

66,725 Days

9,532 Weeks

2,192 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

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 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–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 the command of 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 risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

August 21st, 1689

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Malynda Hale

Musical artist

*August 21st, 1986, Santa Barbara

Usain Bolt

Jamaican sprinter

*August 21st, 1986, Sherwood Content

Geoffrey Keen

English actor (1916–2005)

*August 21st, 1916, Wallingford †November 3rd, 2005, Northwood

Roelof Dednam

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1985, Bloemfontein

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

*August 21st, 1853, Riga †April 4th, 1932, Großbothen

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

Hermann Hammerschmidt

*August 21st, 1887, Cottbus †November 30th, 1944

Stephen Hillenburg

American marine science educator and artist (1961-2018)

*August 21st, 1961, Fort Sill †November 26th, 2018, San Marino

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

Kim Bruun

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1993, Seoul

Kimberley Ashton

Badminton player

*August 21st, 1987, Jersey

Franz Kruckenberg

German engineer (1882-1965)

*August 21st, 1882, Uetersen †June 19th, 1965, Heidelberg

Alizée

French singer

*August 21st, 1984, Ajaccio

Joaquina Cabrera

Guatemalan First Mother of the Nation

*August 21st, 1836, Quetzaltenango †July 3rd, 1908, Guatemala City

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

*August 21st, 1932, Chicago †September 21st, 2021, Manhattan

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

*August 21st, 1988, Leszno, Warsaw West County

William IV

King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from 1830 to 1837

*August 21st, 1765, Buckingham Palace †June 20th, 1837, Windsor Castle

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Same year
Born in 1841

Antonín Dvořák

Czech composer

*September 8th, 1841, Nelahozeves †May 1st, 1904, Prague

Ferdinand Buisson

French academic and politician (1841-1932)

*December 20th, 1841, former 1st arrondissement of Paris †February 16th, 1932, Thieuloy-Saint-Antoine

Otto von Gierke

German philosopher (1841–1921)

*January 11th, 1841, Szczecin †October 10th, 1921, Berlin

Pierre-Auguste Renoir

French painter and sculptor (1841–1919)

*February 25th, 1841, Limoges †December 3rd, 1919, Cagnes-sur-Mer

Henry Morton Stanley

British journalist and explorer (1841–1904)

*January 28th, 1841, Denbigh †May 10th, 1904, London

George Turner

British artist (1841-1910)

*April 2nd, 1841, Cromford †March 29th, 1910, Idridgehay

Emil Theodor Kocher

Surgeon, laureate of the 1909 Nobel Prize in Medicine (1841-1917)

*August 25th, 1841, Bern †July 27th, 1917, Bern

Félix Faure

7th President of the French Republic (1841–1899)

*January 30th, 1841, Paris †February 16th, 1899, Paris

Berthe Morisot

French painter (1841-1895)

*January 14th, 1841, Bourges †March 2nd, 1895, Paris

Edward VII

King of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions, and Emperor of India (1841–1910)

*November 9th, 1841, Buckingham Palace †May 6th, 1910, Buckingham Palace

René Panhard

French engineer, merchant, and pioneer of the automobile industry in France (1841-1908)

*May 27th, 1841, 9th arrondissement of Paris †July 16th, 1908, La Bourboule

Alessandro Fortis

Italian politician (1842-1909)

*September 16th, 1841, Forlì †December 4th, 1909, Rome

Georges Clemenceau

Prime Minister of France, 1906–1909 and 1917–1920

*September 28th, 1841, Mouilleron-en-Pareds †November 24th, 1929, Paris

Karl Marbach

French priest (1841-1916)

*November 22nd, 1841, Wissembourg †October 15th, 1916, Strasbourg

Hirobumi Itō

1st, 5th, 7th and 10th Prime Minister of Japan (1841–1909)

*October 16th, 1841, Tsukari †October 26th, 1909, Harbin railway station

Gustave Le Bon

French psychologist (1841-1931)

*May 7th, 1841, Nogent-le-Rotrou †December 13th, 1931, Paris

Oliver Wendell Holmes

US Supreme Court justice from 1902 to 1932

*March 8th, 1841, Boston †March 6th, 1935, Washington, D.C.

Ina Coolbrith

American poet, writer, and librarian

*March 10th, 1841, Nauvoo †February 29th, 1928, Oakland

Armand Fallières

9th president of France (1841–1931)

*November 6th, 1841, Mézin †June 22nd, 1931, Lannes

Tom Emmett

English professional cricketer (1841-1904)

*September 3rd, 1841, Halifax †June 29th, 1904, Leicester

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian Feast Day) which are celebrated on August 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VIII.MDCCCXLI

21.8.1841

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1841 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1841

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August 21st, 1841

Born on August 21st, 1841

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 66,000 days old!

66,725 Days

9,532 Weeks

2,192 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 21st?

Passengers on a Thalys train from Amsterdam to Paris confronted and subdued an attacker who attempted a mass shooting.

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.

A limnic eruption of Lake Nyos in Cameroon released a cloud of carbon dioxide, suffocating 1,746 people and 3,500 livestock.

South Vietnamese special forces loyal to Ngô Đình Nhu, the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm, raided and vandalised Buddhist pagodas across the country, arresting thousands and leaving hundreds dead.

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.

World War II: A combined Canadian–Polish force captured the town of Falaise, France, in the final offensive of the Battle of Normandy.

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.

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.

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.

Peninsular War: British–Portuguese forces put an end to the first French invasion of Portugal at the Battle of Vimeiro.

The national colours of Italy first appeared on a tricolour cockade in Genoa.

Austro-Turkish War: Austrian troops under the command of Prince Eugene of Savoy captured the strategically important city of Belgrade from the Ottoman Empire.

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.

Jacobite risings: Jacobite clans clashed with a regiment of Covenanters in the streets of Dunkeld, Scotland.

The Battle of Dunkeld in Scotland.

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

Same Day Who's birthday is on August 21st?

Same year Born in 1841

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 21st

Abraham of Smolensk (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Euprepius of Verona

Maximilian of Antioch

Our Lady of Knock

Pope Pius X

Sidonius Apollinaris

August 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Ninoy Aquino Day (Philippines)

Youth Day (Morocco)

World Senior Citizen's Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.8.1841

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 66,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Calendar
August 1841

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
30							1
31	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
32	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
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34	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
35	30	31