Famous Birthdays In August - 29

1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.  

1434  On August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator  

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.  

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.  

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)  

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on August - 29.  

1628  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)  

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.  

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

1694  On August - 29 birth of charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)  

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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  On this day in history birth of heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)  

1756  On this day in history birth of jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)  

1773  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) was born on August - 29.  

1777  On this day in history birth of nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)  

1780  On August - 29 birth of jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)  

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  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) was born on this day in history.  

1811  On August - 29 birth of henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA  

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) was born on this day in history.  

1842  Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) was born on August - 29.  

1843  David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) was born on August - 29.  

1844  Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.  

1849  Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) was born on this day in history.  

1851  Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.  

1855  Emil Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.  

1857  On this day in history birth of sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)  

1862  P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) was born on August - 29.  

1862  Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) was born on August - 29.  

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

1874  Walter Field was born on August - 29.  

1876  On August - 29 birth of charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)  

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0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded  

0886  On this day in history basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies  

1093  On this day in history death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)  

1123  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)  

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20