August 28th, 1852

Born on August 28th, 1852

Weekday

Saturday

August 28th, 1852 was a Saturday.

Age

173

People born on August 28th, 1852 will turn 174 this year (2026), in exactly 82 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1852 - September 23rd, 1852

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 530 days, exactly on November 19th, 2027, people who were born on August 28th, 1852 will be 64,000 days old!

63,470 Days

9,067 Weeks

2,085 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 28th?

August 28th, 1413

The University of St Andrews, the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world, was founded when Antipope Benedict XIII issued a papal bull to a small founding group of Augustinian clergy.

August 28th, 1916

A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.

August 28th, 2021

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.

August 28th, 2003

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

August 28th, 1993

The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).

August 28th, 1987

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

August 28th, 1973

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

August 28th, 1963

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

August 28th, 1955

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

August 28th, 1950

American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

August 28th, 1914

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight (pictured).

August 28th, 1909

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

August 28th, 1833

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

August 28th, 1830

Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

August 28th, 1789

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same year
Born in 1852

Georg Loeschcke

German classical archaeologist (1852-1915)

*June 28th, 1852, Penig †November 26th, 1915, Baden-Baden

Christian Giørtz Middelboe

*March 9th, 1852, Ribe †March 3rd, 1920, Frederiksberg

Henri Moissan

French chemist (1852–1907)

*September 28th, 1852, Paris †February 20th, 1907, Paris

Henri Becquerel

French physicist

*December 15th, 1852, Paris †August 25th, 1908, manoir de Pen Castel

Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff

Dutch physical and organic chemist (1852-1911)

*August 30th, 1852, Rotterdam †March 1st, 1911, Steglitz

Albert A. Michelson

Polish physicist

*December 19th, 1852, Strzelno †May 9th, 1931, Pasadena

Santiago Ramón y Cajal

Spanish scientist (1852-1934)

*May 1st, 1852, Petilla de Aragón †October 17th, 1934, Madrid

Augusta, Lady Gregory

Irish playwright, poet, folklorist (1852-1932)

*March 15th, 1852, Loughrea †May 22nd, 1932, Coole Park

Victor Adler

Foreign minister of Austria, editor (1852–1918)

*June 24th, 1852, Prague †November 11th, 1918, Vienna

William Ramsay

Scottish chemist

*October 2nd, 1852, Glasgow †July 23rd, 1916, High Wycombe

Joseph Deniker

Russian-French naturalist, librarian and anthropologist (1852-1918)

*March 6th, 1852, Astrakhan †March 18th, 1918, Paris

Frank Gavan Duffy

Australian judge (1852–1936)

*February 29th, 1852, Dublin †July 29th, 1936, Fitzroy

Hubert Ludwig

German mycologist and zoologist (1852-1913)

*March 22nd, 1852, Trier †November 17th, 1913, Bonn

Emil Fischer

German chemist (1852-1919)

*October 9th, 1852, Euskirchen †July 15th, 1919, Berlin

Henry Gage

Governor of California (1852-1924)

*December 25th, 1852, Geneva †August 28th, 1924, Los Angeles

Charles Taze Russell

Founder of the Bible Student movement (1852–1916)

*February 16th, 1852, chile maracas †October 31st, 1916, Pampa

Ernst Zimmermann

German painter (1852-1901)

*April 24th, 1852, Munich †November 15th, 1901, Munich

H. H. Asquith

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916

*September 12th, 1852, Morley †February 15th, 1928, The Wharf

Constantin Fehrenbach

German politician (1852-1926)

*January 11th, 1852, Bonndorf im Schwarzwald †March 26th, 1926, Freiburg im Breisgau

Ion Luca Caragiale

Romanian playwright, writer and poet (1852-1912)

*February 1st, 1852, I.L. Caragiale †June 9th, 1912, Berlin

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on August 28th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXVIII.VIII.MDCCCLII

28.8.1852

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1852 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

Calendar
August 1852

August 1852

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August 28th, 1852

Born on August 28th, 1852

Weekday

Saturday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

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

63,470 Days

9,067 Weeks

2,085 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 28th?

The University of St Andrews, the third-oldest university in the English-speaking world, was founded when Antipope Benedict XIII issued a papal bull to a small founding group of Augustinian clergy.

A confrontation at Blargies prison camp in France led to a charge of mutiny for New Zealand private John Braithwaite, for which he was later executed.

The second phase of the Thomson-East Coast MRT line was opened for service.

A pizza delivery man in Erie, Pennsylvania, was killed during a complex bank robbery when a bomb that was locked around his neck exploded.

The NASA spacecraft Galileo flew by the asteroid 243 Ida and took photographs that later revealed the first known asteroid moon (both pictured).

Construction began on the Ryugyong Hotel (pictured) in Pyongyang, the tallest building in North Korea.

Swedish police used gas bombs to end a seven-day hostage situation in Stockholm; the hostages had bonded with their captors during the incident, leading to the term Stockholm syndrome.

American civil-rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered the speech "I Have a Dream" during the March on Washington, calling for civil and economic rights and an end to racism in the United States.

African-American teenager Emmett Till was lynched near Money, Mississippi, for allegedly flirting with a white woman, energizing the nascent American civil rights movement.

American tennis player Althea Gibson became the first African-American woman to compete at the U.S. National Championships.

In the first naval battle of the First World War, British ships ambushed a German naval patrol in the Heligoland Bight (pictured).

The 1909 Monterrey hurricane dissipated; one of the deadliest Atlantic tropical cyclones on record, it killed an estimated 4,000 people throughout Mexico.

The Slavery Abolition Act 1833, officially abolishing slavery in most of the British Empire, received royal assent.

Tom Thumb (replica pictured), the first American-built steam locomotive, took part in an impromptu race against a horse-drawn car in Maryland.

William Herschel discovered Enceladus, a moon of Saturn, during the first use of his new telescope which was then the largest in the world.

Birthdays ... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 28th

Same year Born in 1852

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 28th

Alexander of Constantinople

Augustine of Hippo

Edmund Arrowsmith

Hermes

Moses the Black

August 28 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

National Grandparents Day (Mexico)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

28.8.1852

Legend

Leap year

Calendar August 1852

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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 28th

Same year
Born in 1852

Calendar
August 1852

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
31							1
32	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
33	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
34	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
35	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
36	30	31