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 August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

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

1694  On this day in history birth of charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)   

1725  Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) was born on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1756  Jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) was born on this day in history.   

1773  On August - 29 birth of raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)   

1777  On this day in history birth of nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)   

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

1805  On this day in history birth of frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)   

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  On August - 29 birth of anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)   

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

1843  David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) was born on August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 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 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 this day in history.   

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0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

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

1523  On this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20