Famous Birthdays In August - 29
Monday, 11 December 2023
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 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 August - 29.
1628 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.
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 this day in history birth of charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)
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 August - 29.
1773 Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) was born on August - 29.
1777 Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.
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 August - 29.
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 this day in history.
1843 David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) was born on this day in history.
1844 On August - 29 birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)
1849 Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) was born on August - 29.
1851 On this day in history birth of willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer
1855 Emil Pauer, composer was born on August - 29.
1857 Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937) was born on August - 29.
1862 On this day in history birth of p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)
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.