August 4th, 1851

Born on August 4th, 1851

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What happened on August 4th?

August 4th, 2020

A large explosion of ammonium nitrate stored at the Port of Beirut in Lebanon killed 218 people and caused US$15 billion in damage.

August 4th, 2006

Sri Lankan civil war: Seventeen employees of the French nongovernmental organization ACF International were massacred in Mutur.

August 4th, 1997

French supercentenarian Jeanne Calment died at the age of 122 years, 164 days, with the longest confirmed human lifespan in history.

August 4th, 1995

Yugoslav Wars: The Croatian Army initiated Operation Storm, the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence and the largest European land battle since the Second World War.

August 4th, 1993

Yōhei Kōno, Chief Cabinet Secretary of Japan, issued a formal apology for forcing women into sexual slavery during World War II.

August 4th, 1991

An explosion on the Greek cruise ship MTS Oceanos (pictured) ruptured its hull, causing it to sink off the east coast of South Africa, with all 571 people on board rescued.

August 4th, 1983

Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo, the president of Upper Volta, was ousted in a coup d'état led by Thomas Sankara.

August 4th, 1972

President Idi Amin announced the expulsion of Asians from Uganda.

August 4th, 1964

Vietnam War: The National Security Agency falsely claimed that a U.S. Navy destroyer was attacked a second time by North Vietnamese vessels in the Gulf of Tonkin, leading Congress to authorize the use of military force.

August 4th, 1914

World War I: Adhering to the terms of the Treaty of London, the United Kingdom declared war on Germany in response to the latter's invasion of Belgium.

August 4th, 1892

Lizzie Borden's father and stepmother were found murdered in their home in Fall River, Massachusetts; Borden was later tried and acquitted for the murders.

August 4th, 1830

American surveyor James Thompson produced the first plat of Chicago for the Illinois and Michigan Canal Commissioners.

August 4th, 1796

French Revolutionary Wars: Commanded by Napoleon Bonaparte (depicted), the French Army of Italy decisively defeated Austrian forces led by Peter Vitus von Quosdanovich at the Battle of Lonato.

August 4th, 1791

The signing of the Treaty of Sistova brought an end to the Austro-Turkish War.

August 4th, 1783

Mount Asama (pictured) in Japan began a climactic eruption, which exacerbated the Great Tenmei famine and led to thousands of deaths.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 4th

Same year
Born in 1851

69

Adalbert Ricken

German Roman Catholic priest and mycologist

*March 18th, 1851, Fulda †March 1st, 1921, Fulda

70

Hugo Zorn von Bulach

French politician (1851-1921)

*February 8th, 1851, Strasbourg †April 20th, 1921, Osthouse

64

Silvanus P. Thompson

British academic physicist (1851-1916)

*June 19th, 1851, York †June 12th, 1916, Greater London

84

Francis Bell

New Zealand politician (1851-1936)

*March 31st, 1851, Nelson †March 13th, 1936, Wellington

75

André Wormser

French composer

*November 1st, 1851, Paris †November 4th, 1926, Paris

82

Dora Montefiore

Suffragette, socialist, writer

*December 20th, 1851, Coulsdon †December 21st, 1933, Hastings

74

Léon Bourgeois

French statesman (1851-1925)

*May 29th, 1851, former 9th arrondissement of Paris †September 29th, 1925, Épernay

69

Emilia Pardo Bazán

Spanish author, editor (1851–1922)

*September 16th, 1851, A Coruña †May 12th, 1921, Madrid

77

Ferdinand Foch

French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)

*October 2nd, 1851, Tarbes †March 20th, 1929, Paris

90

Arthur Evans

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

*July 8th, 1851, Nash Mills †July 11th, 1941, Youlbury House

80

Melvil Dewey

American librarian

*December 10th, 1851, Adams Center †December 26th, 1931, Lake Placid

71

Jacobus Kapteyn

Dutch astronomer, best known for his extensive studies of the Milky Way and as the first discoverer of evidence for galactic rotation (1851-1922)

*January 19th, 1851, Barneveld †June 18th, 1922, Amsterdam

73

Aristide Bruant

French cabaret singer, comedian, and nightclub owner (1851–1925)

*May 6th, 1851, Courtenay †February 10th, 1925, 18th arrondissement of Paris

79

Adolf von Harnack

Baltic German theologian and prominent church historian

*May 7th, 1851, Tartu †June 10th, 1930, Heidelberg

79

Vincent d'Indy

French composer and teacher

*March 27th, 1851, Paris †November 30th, 1930, Paris

80

David Starr Jordan

American ichthyologist and educator (1851-1931)

*January 19th, 1851, Gainesville †September 19th, 1931, Stanford

59

Georg Jellinek

German philosopher (1851-1911)

*June 16th, 1851, Leipzig †January 12th, 1911, Heidelberg

58

Clément Cabanettes

Frenchman who settled in Argentina

*August 14th, 1851, Lassouts †July 14th, 1910, Buenos Aires

71

Rosario de Acuña

Spanish writer, poet and playwright

*November 1st, 1851, Madrid †May 5th, 1923, Gijón

75

Giuseppe Allamano

Italian Roman Catholic priest (1851-1926)

*January 21st, 1851, Castelnuovo Don Bosco †February 16th, 1926, Turin

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1851 is a normal year and no leap year.

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