Famous Personalities Born In May - 29
Wednesday, 20 August 2025
1594 On May - 29 birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
1627 Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle) was born on May - 29.
1630 On this day in history birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)
1630 On May - 29 birth of charles II of England (d. 1685)
1673 On this day in history birth of cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council
1675 On May - 29 birth of humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
1716 On May - 29 birth of louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist
1722 James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.
1730 William Jackson, composer was born on May - 29.
1731 Orazio Mei, composer was born on May - 29.
1736 On May - 29 birth of patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
1741 Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer was born on this day in history.
1773 On this day in history birth of princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
1791 On this day in history birth of pietro Romani, composer
1794 Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874) was born on this day in history.
1810 Erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895 was born on this day in history.
1810 On May - 29 birth of juan B Alberdi, [Figarillo], Argentina politician/writer
1810 Solomon Meredith, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1875 was born on May - 29.
1823 John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895) was born on May - 29.
1824 Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army) was born on this day in history.
1825 David Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 was born on May - 29.
1826 On this day in history birth of ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1827 On this day in history birth of reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1837 On May - 29 birth of alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)
1837 Luca Fumagalli, composer was born on this day in history.
1839 Ned Gregory, cricketer (bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test) was born on this day in history.
1840 Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz) was born on this day in history.
1843 On May - 29 birth of emile Pessard, composer
1846 Albert Gyorgy earl Apponyi, Hungarian minister of Education was born on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history birth of leon VA Bourgeois, French premier (1895-96, Nobel 1920)
1852 Jindrich z Albestu Kaan, composer was born on May - 29.
1860 On May - 29 birth of isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
1863 On May - 29 birth of arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
1864 On this day in history birth of a H Borgesius, Dutch amateur astronomer