Famous Birthdays In August - 29

1387  On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

1686  Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1694  Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715) was born on August - 29.   

1725  Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.   

1728  Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) was born on August - 29.   

1756  Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.   

1756  On August - 29 birth of jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)   

1773  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) was born on this day in history.   

1777  On August - 29 birth of nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)   

1780  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) was born on this day in history.   

1805  Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.   

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer was born on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history birth of oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)   

1811  On this day in history birth of henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA   

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) was born on August - 29.   

1842  Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) was born on this day in history.   

1843  On August - 29 birth of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)   

1844  On this day in history birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)   

1849  Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) was born on August - 29.   

1851  On this day in history birth of willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer   

1855  Emil Pauer, composer was born on August - 29.   

1857  Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937) was born on this day in history.   

1862  P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) was born on this day in history.   

1862  Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.   

1871  Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950) was born on this day in history.   

1874  Walter Field was born on August - 29.   

1876  On this day in history birth of charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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0029  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.