August 21st, 1849

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Born on August 21st, 1849 – 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 1849)

Born on August 21st, 1849

Weekday

Tuesday

August 21st, 1849 was a Tuesday.

Age

174

People born on August 21st, 1849 will turn 175 this year (2024), in exactly 115 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1849 - August 23rd, 1849

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 63,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 197 days, exactly on November 11th, 2024, people who were born on August 21st, 1849 will be 64,000 days old!

63,803 Days

9,114 Weeks

2,096 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, 1849

George Grenfell

Baptist missionary to Cameroon and explorer of Africa

*August 21st, 1849, Sancreed †July 1st, 1906, Basoko

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

Elīza Tīruma

Latvian luger

*August 21st, 1990, Sigulda

Wilhelm Ostwald

Baltic German chemist

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

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

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

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

Nigel Pearson

English association football player and manager (born 1963)

*August 21st, 1963, Nottingham

Same year
Born in 1849

Alfred von Tirpitz

German Admiral and Secretary of State of the German Imperial Naval Office (1849-1930)

*March 19th, 1849, Kostrzyn nad Odrą †March 6th, 1930, Schäftlarn

Jean Richepin

French poet, novelist and dramatist (1849-1926)

*February 4th, 1849, Médéa †December 12th, 1926, rue de la Tour

Ivan Pavlov

Russian physiologist

*September 14th, 1849, Ryazan †February 27th, 1936, Leningrad

Bernhard von Bülow

German and Prussian politician

*May 3rd, 1849, Klein Flottbek †October 28th, 1929, Rome

Joseph Gallieni

French soldier (1849-1916)

*April 24th, 1849, Saint-Béat †May 27th, 1916, Versailles

August Strindberg

Swedish writer and painter (1849-1912)

*January 22nd, 1849, Storkyrkoförsamlingen †May 14th, 1912, Adolf Fredriks parish

James Whitcomb Riley

American poet from Indianapolis

*October 7th, 1849, Greenfield †July 22nd, 1916, Indianapolis

Édouard-Henri Avril

French painter (1849-1928)

*May 21st, 1849, Algiers †July 28th, 1928, Le Raincy

Franz S. Exner

Austrian physicist

*March 24th, 1849, Vienna †October 15th, 1926, Vienna

Maurice Barrymore

British actor (1849-1905)

*September 21st, 1849, Amritsar †March 25th, 1905, Amityville

Sien Hoornik

Dutch tailor and prostitute

*November 30th, 1849, The Hague †January 1st, 1904, The Hague

Benjamin Godard

French violinist and composer

*August 18th, 1849, Paris †January 10th, 1895, Cannes

Willem de Haan

Dutch composer and conductor

*September 24th, 1849, Rotterdam †September 26th, 1930, Berlin

Frances Hodgson Burnett

English-American playwright and author

*November 24th, 1849, Manchester †October 29th, 1924, New York City

John Ambrose Fleming

Electrical engineer and physicist (1849-1945)

*November 29th, 1849, Lancaster †April 18th, 1945, Sidmouth

Ulrich Dürrenmatt

Swiss journalist and politician (1849-1908)

*April 20th, 1849, Guggisberg †July 27th, 1908, Herzogenbuchsee

Andrea Aiuti

Italian cardinal and nuncio

*June 17th, 1849, Rome †April 28th, 1905, Rome

Lord Randolph Churchill

British politician, father of Winston Churchill (1849-1895)

*February 13th, 1849, Blenheim Palace †January 24th, 1895, London

August von Mackensen

German field marshal (1849–1945)

*December 6th, 1849, manor estate Leipnitz †November 8th, 1945, Habighorst

Edmund Barton

Australian politician, first Prime Minister of Australia and founding justice of the High Court of Australia (1849-1920)

*January 18th, 1849, Glebe †January 7th, 1920, Medlow Bath

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.MDCCCXLIX

21.8.1849

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1849 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1849

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August 21st, 1849

Born on August 21st, 1849

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 63,000 days old!

63,803 Days

9,114 Weeks

2,096 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, 1849

Baptist missionary to Cameroon and explorer of Africa

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

Same year Born in 1849

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

21.8.1849

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 63,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Calendar
August 1849

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