Famous Personalities Born 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 August - 29.   

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  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

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  Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) was born on August - 29.   

1780  On this day in history birth of jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)   

1805  On August - 29 birth of frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)   

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

1815  On this day in history birth of anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)   

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

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

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

1855  On this day in history birth of emil Pauer, composer   

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

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

1874  On August - 29 birth of walter Field   

1876  On this day in history 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  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  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 August - 29.   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

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

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20