Famous Personalities Born In August - 29

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

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 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 August - 29 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  On August - 29 birth of charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)   

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

1728  Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

1756  Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) was born on August - 29.   

1756  On this day in history birth of jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)   

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

1777  Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) was born on August - 29.   

1780  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) was born on this day in history.   

1805  Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) was born on August - 29.   

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

1843  On August - 29 birth of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)   

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  On August - 29 birth of emil Pauer, composer   

1857  Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937) was born on August - 29.   

1862  P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) was born on August - 29.   

1862  Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) was born on August - 29.   

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

1874  Walter Field was born on August - 29.   

1876  Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) was born on August - 29.   

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0029  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

1093  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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