Famous Birthdays In August - 29

1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

1434  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

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  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

1725  On August - 29 birth of charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)   

1728  On August - 29 birth of maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)   

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  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 August - 29.   

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

1808  On this day in history birth of hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

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

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

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

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

1843  On this day in history birth of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)   

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

1849  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 birth of emil Pauer, composer   

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

1862  On August - 29 birth of p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)   

1862  On this day in history birth of andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)   

1871  On August - 29 birth of albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)   

1874  Walter Field was born on this day in history.   

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

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0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

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

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

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

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.   

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