Famous Birthdays In August - 29

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

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

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.  

1561  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)  

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 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 August - 29.  

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

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1725  Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) was born on August - 29.  

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  Jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) was born on August - 29.  

1773  On August - 29 birth of raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)  

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 August - 29.  

1805  Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) was born on August - 29.  

1808  On August - 29 birth of hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer  

1809  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) was born on August - 29.  

1811  Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA was born on August - 29.  

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

1842  On this day in history birth of alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)  

1843  David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.  

1844  Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) was born on August - 29.  

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

1851  On August - 29 birth of willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer  

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

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  On this day in history birth of albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)  

1874  On August - 29 birth of walter Field  

1876  Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) was born on this day in history.  

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0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.  

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on this day in history.  

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.