August 21st, 1851

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Born on August 21st, 1851 – 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 1851)

Born on August 21st, 1851

Weekday

Thursday

August 21st, 1851 was a Thursday.

Age

172

People born on August 21st, 1851 will turn 173 this year (2024), in exactly 114 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1851 - August 23rd, 1851

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 926 days, exactly on November 11th, 2026, people who were born on August 21st, 1851 will be 64,000 days old!

63,074 Days

9,010 Weeks

2,072 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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

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 1851

Francis Bell

New Zealand politician (1851-1936)

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

Adalbert Ricken

German Roman Catholic priest and mycologist

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

Karl Börgemann

German architect (1851–1938)

*April 22nd, 1851, Hanover †September 22nd, 1938, Hanover

Dora Montefiore

Suffragette, socialist, writer

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

Léon Bourgeois

French statesman (1851-1925)

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

Ferdinand Foch

French marchal and military theorist (1851–1929)

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

Arthur Evans

British archaeologist and scholar (1851–1941)

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

Melvil Dewey

American librarian

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

Émile Boirac

French philosopher, parapsychologist, promoter of Esperanto and writer

*August 26th, 1851, Guelma †September 20th, 1917, Dijon

Hugo Zorn von Bulach

French politician (1851-1921)

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

Silvanus P. Thompson

British academic physicist (1851-1916)

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

Henry Arthur Jones

English dramatist

*September 20th, 1851, Granborough †January 7th, 1929, Hampstead

Emile Berliner

German-born American inventor (1851–1929)

*May 20th, 1851, Hanover †August 3rd, 1929, Washington, D.C.

André Wormser

French composer

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

Octave Uzanne

French writer

*September 14th, 1851, Auxerre †October 31st, 1931, Saint-Cloud

Aristide Bruant

French singer

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

Georg Jellinek

German philosopher (1851-1911)

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

Giuseppe Allamano

Italian Roman Catholic priest (1851-1926)

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

Charles Fitzpatrick

Canadian politician and 5th Chief Justice of Canada

*December 19th, 1851, Sainte-Foy †June 17th, 1942, Quebec City

Knut Wicksell

Swedish economist

*December 20th, 1851, Stockholm †May 3rd, 1926, Stocksund

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.MDCCCLI

21.8.1851

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

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

Calendar
August 1851

August 1851

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August 21st, 1851

Born on August 21st, 1851

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

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

63,074 Days

9,010 Weeks

2,072 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 1851

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

21.8.1851

Legend

Leap year

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

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

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

Same year
Born in 1851

Calendar
August 1851

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31					1	2	3
32	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
33	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
34	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
35	25	26	27	28	29	30	31