Famous Personalities Born 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  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On August - 29 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  On this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on August - 29.   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on August - 29.   

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

1686  Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer was born on August - 29.   

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

1725  On August - 29 birth of charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)   

1728  Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) was born on this day in history.   

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  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) was born on this day in history.   

1805  Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) was born on August - 29.   

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer was born on this day in history.   

1809  On August - 29 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 August - 29.   

1842  On August - 29 birth of alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)   

1843  On this day in history birth of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)   

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

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  Emil Pauer, composer was born on August - 29.   

1857  On this day in history birth of sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)   

1862  On August - 29 birth of p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)   

1862  On this day in history birth of andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)   

1871  On August - 29 birth of albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)   

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  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

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

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 August - 29.   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.