Famous Personalities Born 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 August - 29.   

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

1561  On August - 29 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

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

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

1686  On this day in history birth of wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer   

1694  On this day in history birth of charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)   

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 August - 29.   

1756  Jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.   

1773  On this day in history birth of raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)   

1777  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 birth of frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)   

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer was born on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1815  On August - 29 birth of anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)   

1842  On August - 29 birth of alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)   

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

1844  On August - 29 birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)   

1849  On August - 29 birth of titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)   

1851  On this day in history 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 August - 29 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 August - 29.   

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0029  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  On this day in history 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.