Famous Birthdays In August - 29

1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)  

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

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)  

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

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.  

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 August - 29.  

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.  

1686  Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1756  On August - 29 birth of heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)  

1756  On August - 29 birth of jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)  

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 August - 29.  

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

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 August - 29.  

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

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

1844  On this day in history birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)  

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

1851  Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.  

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

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  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 August - 29.  

1874  On this day in history birth of walter Field  

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  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies  

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 August - 29.  

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.  

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.  

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

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20