August 2nd, 1858

Born on August 2nd, 1858

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What happened on August 2nd, 1858?

August 2nd, 1858

The Government of India Act 1858 replaces Company rule in India with that of the British Raj.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_of_India_Act_1858

What else happened on August 2nd?

August 2nd, 1971

The English rock band the Who released Who's Next, their only album to top the UK charts.

August 2nd, 1973

A flash fire killed 50 people at a leisure centre in Douglas, Isle of Man.

August 2nd, 1947

Star Dust, a British South American Airways airliner, crashed into Mount Tupungato in the Argentine Andes; its wreckage was not found until 1998.

August 2nd, 1939

Leo Szilard (pictured) penned a letter, signed by Albert Einstein and addressed to U.S. president Franklin D. Roosevelt, warning that Germany may develop atomic bombs, leading to the establishment of the Manhattan Project.

August 2nd, 1932

At the California Institute of Technology, American physicist Carl David Anderson proved the existence of antimatter with the discovery of the positron, for which he would receive the 1936 Nobel Prize in Physics.

August 2nd, 1923

Calvin Coolidge became the 30th president of the United States after Warren G. Harding suffered a fatal heart attack.

August 2nd, 1920

Nepalese author Krishna Lal Adhikari (pictured) was sentenced to nine years in prison for publishing a book about the cultivation of corn alleged to contain attacks on the ruling dynasty.

August 2nd, 1916

An explosion, blamed on Austro-Hungarian saboteurs, sank the Italian dreadnought Leonardo da Vinci.

August 2nd, 1870

One of the world's earliest underground tube railways opened in the Tower Subway (interior depicted), a tunnel beneath the River Thames in London.

August 2nd, 1790

The first United States census was officially completed, with the nation's residential population enumerated to be 3,929,214.

August 2nd, 1100

While on a hunting trip in the New Forest, King William II of England was killed by an arrow through the lung loosed by one of his own men.

August 2nd, 0461

Unpopular among the Senate aristocracy for his reforming efforts, Roman emperor Majorian was deposed by Ricimer and executed five days later.

January 1st, 1970

An allied army led by Philip II of Macedon overcame the forces of city-states led by Athens and Thebes at the Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonian hegemony over the majority of ancient Greece.

August 2nd, 1914

The French army's general headquarters was activated in anticipation of war with Germany.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on August 2nd

Born on August 2nd, 1858

75

Emma of Waldeck and Pyrmont

Queen consort of the Netherlands (r. 1879–1890)

*August 2nd, 1858, Bad Arolsen †March 20th, 1934, The Hague

Same year
Born in 1858

69

Emmeline Pankhurst

English suffragist

*July 15th, 1858, Moss Side †June 14th, 1928, Hampstead

60

Theodore Roosevelt

26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909

*October 27th, 1858, New York City †January 6th, 1919, Sagamore Hill

89

Max Planck

German theoretical physicist (1858-1947)

*April 23rd, 1858, Kiel †October 4th, 1947, Göttingen

65

Giacomo Puccini

Italian opera composer (1858–1924)

*December 22nd, 1858, Lucca †November 29th, 1924, City of Brussels

81

Selma Lagerlöf

Swedish writer

*November 20th, 1858, Östra Ämtervik church parish †March 16th, 1940, Östra Ämtervik church parish

55

Rudolf Diesel

German inventor and mechanical engineer (1858–1913)

*March 18th, 1858, Paris †September 30th, 1913, English Channel

59

Émile Durkheim

French sociologist

*April 15th, 1858, Épinal †November 15th, 1917, Paris

71

Georges Courteline

French dramatist and novelist

*June 25th, 1858, Tours †June 25th, 1929, 13th arrondissement of Paris

58

Charles de Foucauld

French Catholic priest (1858-1916)

*September 15th, 1858, Strasbourg †December 1st, 1916, Tamanrasset

56

Gustav Wied

Writer (1858-1914)

*March 6th, 1858, Holmegård †October 24th, 1914, Roskilde

86

Agnes Baden-Powell

British scouting pioneer

*December 16th, 1858, Paddington †June 2nd, 1945, England

57

Remy de Gourmont

French writer (1858–1915)

*April 4th, 1858, Bazoches-au-Houlme †September 27th, 1915, 15th arrondissement of Paris

63

Alfred Capus

French journalist and playwright (1858-1922)

*November 25th, 1858, Aix-en-Provence †November 1st, 1922, Neuilly-sur-Seine

76

Edgeworth David

Australian geologist

*January 28th, 1858, St Fagans †August 28th, 1934, Sydney

42

Albert Samain

French poet (1858-1900)

*April 3rd, 1858, Lille †August 18th, 1900, Magny-les-Hameaux

79

Jacob Gaudaur

Canadian rower (1858–1937)

*April 3rd, 1858, Orillia †October 11th, 1937, Orillia

72

Christiaan Eijkman

Dutch physician

*August 11th, 1858, Nijkerk †November 5th, 1930, Utrecht

84

Victor Prouvé

French painter, sculptor and engraver (1858-1943)

*August 15th, 1858, Nancy †February 15th, 1943, Sétif

90

Marion Talbot

American social scientist (1858-1948)

*July 31st, 1858, Thun †October 20th, 1948, Chicago

64

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist

*January 7th, 1858, Lužki †December 16th, 1922, Jerusalem

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Public holidays on August 2nd

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Romani genocide-related observances, including) which are celebrated on August 2nd.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1858 is a normal year and no leap year.

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