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  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on this day in history.   

1628  On August - 29 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 this day in history birth of wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer   

1694  Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715) was born on August - 29.   

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

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  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) was born on this day in history.   

1777  Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) was born on this day in history.   

1780  On August - 29 birth of jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)   

1805  On August - 29 birth of frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)   

1808  On August - 29 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  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  David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910) was born on August - 29.   

1844  Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) was born on August - 29.   

1849  On this day in history birth of titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)   

1851  Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

1871  Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950) was born on August - 29.   

1874  On this day in history 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 August - 29 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  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.   

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