July 21st, 1857

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Born on July 21st, 1857 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 21st?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 21st
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1857)

Born on July 21st, 1857

Weekday

Tuesday

July 21st, 1857 was a Tuesday.

Age

166

People born on July 21st, 1857 will turn 167 this year (2024), in exactly 85 days .

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

June 22nd, 1857 - July 22nd, 1857

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 60,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 89 days, exactly on July 25th, 2024, people who were born on July 21st, 1857 will be 61,000 days old!

60,911 Days

8,701 Weeks

2,001 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on July 21st?

July 21st, 2019

People returning from anti-extradition bill protests were attacked (pictured) by suspected triad members in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, leaving 45 people injured.

July 21st, 2007

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released and sold 15 million copies in its first 24 hours, making it the fastest-selling book in history.

July 21st, 1990

The Taiwanese military ordered the deportation of dozens of illegal immigrants from mainland China in sealed boat holds, causing 25 deaths due to suffocation.

July 21st, 1977

Libyan forces carried out a raid at Sallum, sparking a four-day war with Egypt.

July 21st, 1972

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated twenty-two bombs throughout Belfast, Northern Ireland.

July 21st, 1960

Sirimavo Bandaranaike (pictured) was elected the prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected female head of government.

July 21st, 1959

The inaugural International Mathematical Olympiad, the leading mathematical competition for pre-university students, began in Romania.

July 21st, 1946

After several weeks of unrest, rioters shot and lynched Bolivian President Gualberto Villarroel, desecrating and hanging his corpse in the streets of La Paz.

July 21st, 1925

American high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching evolution in class.

July 21st, 1918

World War I: An Imperial German Navy U-boat opened fire on a small convoy of barges and defending aircraft near the American town of Orleans, Massachusetts.

July 21st, 1877

Much of central Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was burned and looted during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.

July 21st, 0365

A large earthquake occurred near Crete, triggering a tsunami, and causing widespread destruction around the eastern Mediterranean region.

July 21st, 0230

Pope Pontian began his pontificate, succeeding Urban I.

July 21st, 0230

Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the first pope to resign his office.

January 1st, 1970

The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.

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

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

Lovis Corinth

German painter (1858-1925)

*July 21st, 1858, Gvardeysk †July 17th, 1925, Zandvoort

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

Ernest Hemingway

American author and journalist (1899–1961)

*July 21st, 1899, Oak Park †July 2nd, 1961, Ketchum

Miss Li

Swedish singer and songwriter

*July 21st, 1982, Borlänge

Florentine Lahme

TV and film actress

*July 21st, 1974, Berlin

Panji Ahmad Maulana

Indonesian badminton player

*July 21st, 1997, Tasikmalaya City

Maria Christina of Austria

Queen consort of Spain (1858-1929)

*July 21st, 1858, Židlochovice †February 6th, 1929, Madrid

Charlotte Gainsbourg

English-French actress and singer (born 1971)

*July 21st, 1971, Marylebone

Norman Jewison

Canadian film director, producer and actor (1926–2024)

*July 21st, 1926, Toronto †January 20th, 2024, Los Angeles

Eero Aarnio

Finnish interior designer

*July 21st, 1932, Helsinki

Norbert Blüm

German politician and minister, CDU (1935–2020)

*July 21st, 1935, Rüsselsheim am Main †April 23rd, 2020, Bonn

Garry Trudeau

American cartoonist (born 1948)

*July 21st, 1948, New York City

Livia Brito

Cuban actress

*July 21st, 1986, Ciego de Ávila

Cat Stevens

British musician (born 1948)

*July 21st, 1948, Marylebone

Stefan Schumacher

German road bicycle racer

*July 21st, 1981, Ostfildern

Ken Starr

American judge and educational administrator

*July 21st, 1946, Vernon †September 13th, 2022, Houston

Stefan Löfven

Swedish politician, Prime Minister of Sweden between 2014–2021

*July 21st, 1957, Hägerstens församling

Rachael Flatt

American figure skater

*July 21st, 1992, Del Mar

Anabelle Langlois

Figure skater

*July 21st, 1981, Grand-Mère

Same year
Born in 1857

Ernst Fabricius

German historian, archaeologist and scholar (1857–1942)

*September 6th, 1857, Darmstadt †March 22nd, 1942, Freiburg im Breisgau

William Howard Taft

President of the United States from 1909 to 1913

*September 15th, 1857, Cincinnati †March 8th, 1930, Washington metropolitan area

Ferdinand de Saussure

Swiss linguist (1857-1913)

*November 26th, 1857, Geneva †February 22nd, 1913, Vufflens-le-Château

Friedrich August Emil Heuer

*December 27th, 1857, Rammenau †March 29th, 1934, Dresden

Heinrich Hertz

German physicist (1857–1894)

*February 22nd, 1857, Hamburg †January 1st, 1894, Bonn

Joseph Conrad

Polish-British writer (1857–1924)

*December 3rd, 1857, Terekhove †August 3rd, 1924, Bishopsbourne

Pius XI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1922 to 1939

*May 31st, 1857, Desio †February 10th, 1939, Vatican City

Henrik Pontoppidan

Writer, Nobel Laureate

*July 24th, 1857, Fredericia †August 21st, 1943, Copenhagen

Otto Sidow

German politician (SPD)

*May 1st, 1857, Friesack †September 6th, 1927, Brandenburg an der Havel

Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell

Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer, founder and Chief Scout of the Scout Movement (1857-1941)

*February 22nd, 1857, Paddington †January 8th, 1941, Nyeri

Eugène Regnault

French diplomat (1857-1941)

*December 28th, 1857, Boulogne-sur-Mer †September 25th, 1941, Gorre

Mario Méndez Bejarano

Spanish author

*December 5th, 1857, Seville †January 16th, 1931, Madrid

Julien Tiersot

French musicologist, composer and pioneer in ethnomusicology (1857-1936)

*July 5th, 1857, Bourg-en-Bresse †August 10th, 1936, 13th arrondissement of Paris

Margaret Deland

American writer and poet (1857–1945)

*February 23rd, 1857, Allegheny †January 13th, 1945, Boston

Ruggero Leoncavallo

Italian composer

*April 23rd, 1857, Naples †August 9th, 1919, Montecatini Terme

Edward Elgar

English composer (1857-1934)

*June 2nd, 1857, Lower Broadheath †February 23rd, 1934, Worcester

Alfred Binet

French psychologist and inventor of the first usable intelligence test

*July 8th, 1857, Nice †October 18th, 1911, Paris

Charles Scott Sherrington

English footballer, neurophysiologist and Nobel Prize recipient (1857–1952)

*November 27th, 1857, Islington †March 4th, 1952, Eastbourne

Julius Wagner-Jauregg

Austrian doctor, Nobel prize laureate and psychiatrist

*March 7th, 1857, Wels †September 27th, 1940, Vienna

Theo Van Gogh

Dutch art dealer (1857–1891)

*May 1st, 1857, Zundert †January 25th, 1891, Utrecht

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 21st

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 21st.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXI.VII.MDCCCLVII

21.7.1857

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1857 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
July 1857

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July 21st, 1857

Born on July 21st, 1857

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♋

Cancer (The Crab)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 60,000 days old!

60,911 Days

8,701 Weeks

2,001 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 21st?

People returning from anti-extradition bill protests were attacked (pictured) by suspected triad members in Yuen Long, Hong Kong, leaving 45 people injured.

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, the final book in the popular Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling, was released and sold 15 million copies in its first 24 hours, making it the fastest-selling book in history.

The Taiwanese military ordered the deportation of dozens of illegal immigrants from mainland China in sealed boat holds, causing 25 deaths due to suffocation.

Libyan forces carried out a raid at Sallum, sparking a four-day war with Egypt.

The Troubles: The Provisional Irish Republican Army detonated twenty-two bombs throughout Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Sirimavo Bandaranaike (pictured) was elected the prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the world's first democratically elected female head of government.

The inaugural International Mathematical Olympiad, the leading mathematical competition for pre-university students, began in Romania.

After several weeks of unrest, rioters shot and lynched Bolivian President Gualberto Villarroel, desecrating and hanging his corpse in the streets of La Paz.

American high school biology teacher John T. Scopes was found guilty of violating Tennessee's Butler Act by teaching evolution in class.

World War I: An Imperial German Navy U-boat opened fire on a small convoy of barges and defending aircraft near the American town of Orleans, Massachusetts.

Much of central Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was burned and looted during the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.

A large earthquake occurred near Crete, triggering a tsunami, and causing widespread destruction around the eastern Mediterranean region.

Pope Pontian began his pontificate, succeeding Urban I.

Pope Pontian succeeds Urban I as the eighteenth pope. After being exiled to Sardinia, he became the first pope to resign his office.

The Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World, is destroyed by arson.

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

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

Same year Born in 1857

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 21st

Albert John Luthuli (Episcopal Church)

Arbogast

Barhadbesciabas

Carlos of Brazil (Brazilian Catholic Apostolic Church)

Daniel (Catholic Church)

Lawrence of Brindisi

Praxedes

Victor of Marseilles

July 21 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Liberation Day in 1944 (Guam)

Belgian National Day (Belgium)

Racial Harmony Day (Singapore)

Summer Kazanskaya (Russia)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

21.7.1857

Legend

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 60,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1857

Calendar
July 1857

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