August 21st, 1846

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Born on August 21st, 1846 – 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 1846)

Born on August 21st, 1846

Weekday

Friday

August 21st, 1846 was a Friday.

Age

177

People born on August 21st, 1846 will turn 178 this year (2024), in exactly 114 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1846 - August 23rd, 1846

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 64,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 100 days, exactly on August 7th, 2024, people who were born on August 21st, 1846 will be 65,000 days old!

64,900 Days

9,271 Weeks

2,132 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

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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

Born on August 21st, 1846

Jakob Heilmann

German architect

*August 21st, 1846, Geiselbach †February 15th, 1927, Munich

Étienne Bazeries

French cryptographer

*August 21st, 1846, Port-Vendres †November 7th, 1931, France

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

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

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

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

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

Melvin Van Peebles

American filmmaker

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

Sergey Brin

American computer scientist and Internet entrepreneur

*August 21st, 1973, Moscow

Robert Lewandowski

Polish association football player

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

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Anthony Boucher

American author, critic, and editor (1911–1968)

*August 21st, 1911, Oakland †April 29th, 1968, Oakland

Jack Weston

American actor

*August 21st, 1924, Cleveland †May 3rd, 1996, New York City

Same year
Born in 1846

Gaston Maspero

French Egyptologist (1846–1916)

*June 23rd, 1846, Paris †June 30th, 1916, Palais de l'Institut de France

Henryk Sienkiewicz

Polish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate

*May 5th, 1846, Wola Okrzejska †November 15th, 1916, Vevey

Holger Drachmann

Poet and painter (1846-1908)

*October 9th, 1846, Copenhagen †January 14th, 1908, Hornbæk

Rudolf Christoph Eucken

(1846-1926) German philosopher

*January 5th, 1846, Aurich †September 15th, 1926, Jena

Léon Denis

Spiritist philosopher

*January 1st, 1846, Foug †April 12th, 1927, Tours

Francesco Paolo Tosti

Italian, later British composer and music teacher (1846–1916)

*April 9th, 1846, Ortona †December 2nd, 1916, Rome

Luigi Denza

Italian composer

*February 23rd, 1846, Castellammare di Stabia †January 26th, 1922, London

Auguste Escoffier

French chef and culinary writer (1846–1935)

*October 28th, 1846, Villeneuve-Loubet †February 12th, 1935, Monte Carlo

Edward Baker Lincoln

Second son of Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln

*March 10th, 1846, Springfield †February 1st, 1850, Washington, D.C.

Buffalo Bill

American frontiersman and showman (1846–1917)

*February 26th, 1846, Scott County †January 10th, 1917, Denver

Henryk Jarecki

Polish conductor, composer and music educator (1846-1918)

*December 6th, 1846, Warsaw †December 18th, 1918, Lviv

George Westinghouse

American inventor and businessman (1846–1914)

*October 6th, 1846, Central Bridge †March 12th, 1914, New York City

G. Stanley Hall

American psychologist and educator (1846–1924)

*February 1st, 1846, Ashfield †April 24th, 1924, Worcester

Comte de Lautréamont

Uruguayan born French poet, Isidore Ducasse (1846-1870)

*April 4th, 1846, Montevideo †November 24th, 1870, 9th arrondissement of Paris

Edward Charles Pickering

American astronomer

*July 19th, 1846, Boston †February 3rd, 1919, Cambridge

Wilson Barrett

British actor (1846-1904)

*February 18th, 1846, Essex †September 22nd, 1904, London

Naim Frashëri

Albanian poet, writer and activist (1846–1900)

*May 25th, 1846, Frashër †October 20th, 1900, Istanbul

Peter Carl Fabergé

Russian jeweller (1846–1920)

*May 30th, 1846, Saint Petersburg †September 24th, 1920, Pully

Pierre Waldeck-Rousseau

Prime Minister of France (1846-1904)

*December 2nd, 1846, Nantes †August 10th, 1904, Corbeil-Essonnes

Léon Bloy

French writer, poet and essayist

*July 11th, 1846, Périgueux †November 3rd, 1917, Bourg-la-Reine

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.MDCCCXLVI

21.8.1846

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1846 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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August 21st, 1846

Born on August 21st, 1846

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 64,000 days old!

64,900 Days

9,271 Weeks

2,132 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

Born on August 21st, 1846

German architect

French cryptographer

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

Same year Born in 1846

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

21.8.1846

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 64,000 days old!

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Calendar
August 1846

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