Famous Personalities Born In August - 29

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

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

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

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  Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797) was born on August - 29.   

1756  Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) was born on this day in history.   

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

1773  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) was born on this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

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

1808  On August - 29 birth of hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

1809  On this day in history birth of oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)   

1811  On this day in history birth of henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA   

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) was born on this day in history.   

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

1843  On August - 29 birth of david B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)   

1844  On August - 29 birth of edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)   

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

1851  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)   

1874  Walter Field was born on this day in history.   

1876  Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) was born on this day in history.   

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0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

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

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

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