Famous Birthdays In August - 29

1387  On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

1434  On August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

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

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

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.   

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

1694  On August - 29 birth of charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)   

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

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

1756  On August - 29 birth of heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)   

1756  On this day in history birth of jan Åšniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)   

1773  On this day in history birth of raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)   

1777  Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853) was born on August - 29.   

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 August - 29 birth of hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

1809  On August - 29 birth of oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)   

1811  Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA was born on August - 29.   

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) was born on August - 29.   

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

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

1844  On this day in history 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 August - 29 birth of willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer   

1855  Emil Pauer, composer was born on August - 29.   

1857  On August - 29 birth of sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)   

1862  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

1874  On this day in history birth of walter Field   

1876  On this day in history birth of charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20