Famous Birthdays In October - 29
Thursday, 23 March 2023
1463 On October - 29 birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher
1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.
1513 On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
1562 On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
1656 Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on October - 29.
1682 Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on this day in history.
1690 On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
1704 On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
1740 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer was born on this day in history.
1815 On October - 29 birth of daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904)
1815 Ľudovít Štúr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language (d. 1856) was born on October - 29.
1816 On this day in history birth of ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal
1822 On October - 29 birth of joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97)
1822 On October - 29 birth of mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
1824 Joseph Horace Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904 was born on this day in history.
1827 On this day in history birth of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907)
1837 On this day in history birth of abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12)
1837 On October - 29 birth of harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals)
1844 Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker was born on October - 29.
1853 On this day in history birth of josephine B Willson Bruce, US theorist (NACW)
1855 Paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939) was born on October - 29.
1857 Conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal) was born on October - 29.
1859 On October - 29 birth of charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)
1861 On October - 29 birth of andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904)
1871 Narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens) was born on this day in history.
1873 Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman was born on October - 29.
1875 Marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27) was born on October - 29.
1877 Wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930) was born on this day in history.
1877 On October - 29 birth of narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (d. 1966)
1878 Alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II) was born on October - 29.
1879 Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932) was born on this day in history.
1879 Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941) was born on this day in history.
1882 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944) was born on October - 29.
1883 On this day in history birth of dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage)