Famous Birthdays In August - 29

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.  

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

0886  On this day in history basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies  

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 August - 29.  

1395  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)  

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

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35  

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