Famous Personalities Born In August - 29

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

1434  On this day in history birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

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  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

1686  On August - 29 birth of wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer   

1694  Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1725  Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) was born on this day in history.   

1728  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer was born on August - 29.   

1809  On this day in history birth of oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)   

1811  On August - 29 birth of henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA   

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 August - 29.   

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

1844  Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) was born on this day in history.   

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

1851  On this day in history birth of willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer   

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 this day in history.   

1862  Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) was born on this day in history.   

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

1874  Walter Field was born on August - 29.   

1876  On this day in history birth of charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

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