Famous Personalities Born In August - 29

1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

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

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1725  On this day in history birth of charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)   

1728  On August - 29 birth of maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)   

1756  On this day in history birth of heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  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 August - 29.   

1855  Emil Pauer, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 birth of andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)   

1871  Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950) was born on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history birth of walter Field   

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

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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 August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

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