Famous Birthdays In October - 29
Wednesday, 11 December 2024
1463 On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher
1507 On this day in history birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)
1513 On October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
1562 On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
1656 On October - 29 birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]
1682 On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)
1690 On this day in history birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)
1704 On October - 29 birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)
1740 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer was born on this day in history.
1815 Daniel Emmett, American composer (d. 1904) was born on October - 29.
1815 ĽudovÃt Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language (d. 1856) was born on this day in history.
1816 Ferdinand II AFA, king of Portugal was born on October - 29.
1822 Joost G Kist, Dutch lawyer/president of High Council (1885-97) was born on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history birth of mieczysław Halka Ledóchowski, Polish Catholic Cardinal (d. 1902)
1824 On this day in history birth of joseph Horace Lewis, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
1827 On October - 29 birth of marcellin Berthelot, French chemist (d. 1907)
1837 On this day in history birth of abraham Kuyper, clergyman/Dutch premier (AR, 1908-12)
1837 Harriet Powers, US, slave/writer (Creation of Animals) was born on October - 29.
1844 Albert von Rothschild, Austrian banker was born on October - 29.
1853 Josephine B Willson Bruce, US theorist (NACW) was born on this day in history.
1855 On October - 29 birth of paul Bruchési, archbishop of Montreal (d. 1939)
1857 On October - 29 birth of conrad Haebler, German historian (Early printers of Spain/Portugal)
1859 Charles Ebbets, (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn) was born on this day in history.
1861 Andrei Ryabushkin, Russian painter (d. 1904) was born on October - 29.
1871 Narziss Ach, German psychologist (Analyse des Willens) was born on this day in history.
1873 Guillermo Valencia, Colombia, poet/translator/statesman was born on October - 29.
1875 On October - 29 birth of marie, queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27)
1877 On October - 29 birth of wilfred Rhodes, cricketer (Yorks & Eng SLA, played Tests 1899-1930)
1877 Narcisa de Leon, Filipino film mogul (d. 1966) was born on October - 29.
1878 On October - 29 birth of alex E von Falkenhausen, German general (China, WW II)
1879 Franz JHMM von Papen, German diplomat/chancellor (1932) was born on this day in history.
1879 Alva B. Adams, American politician (d. 1941) was born on October - 29.
1882 Jean Giraudoux, French writer (d. 1944) was born on October - 29.
1883 On this day in history birth of dirk Verbeek, Dutch actor/director (Hofstad Stage)