March 29th, 1240

Born on March 29th, 1240

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 286,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 598 days, exactly on January 8th, 2026, people who were born on March 29th, 1240 will be 287,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on March 29th?

March 29th, 1968

The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, began in Moscow with tens of thousands of people in attendance.

March 29th, 2017

British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

March 29th, 2010

Islamist separatists of the Caucasus Emirate detonated two bombs on the Moscow Metro, killing 40 people and injuring 102 others.

March 29th, 1982

Queen Elizabeth II granted royal assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended any remaining constitutional dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as patriation.

March 29th, 1981

Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen jointly won the Men's Elite Race and Joyce Smith won the Women's Elite Race in the inaugural London Marathon.

March 29th, 1975

Jeff Beck released Blow by Blow, his most successful album in the U.S., reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.

March 29th, 1974

NASA's Mariner 10 (pictured) became the first space probe to make a flyby of Mercury.

March 29th, 1969

The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was formed.

March 29th, 1951

The King and I, a musical about Mongkut of Siam by Rodgers and Hammerstein, premiered on Broadway.

March 29th, 1941

Second World War: British and Australian ships defeated Italian Regia Marina vessels at the Battle of Cape Matapan.

March 29th, 1882

The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

March 29th, 1865

American Civil War: The Appomattox campaign opened with the Battle of Lewis's Farm, in which the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was forced into a series of retreats that would culminate in their surrender.

March 29th, 1807

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Vesta, the brightest asteroid and second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.

March 29th, 1800

William Matthews was ordained as the first Catholic priest born in British America.

March 29th, 1461

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Towton, allowing Edward IV to secure the English throne.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 29th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 29th?

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

98

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

*March 29th, 1911, Cologne †January 1st, 2010, Norwich

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

69

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

25

Sulli

South Korean singer and actress (1994-2019)

*March 29th, 1994, Haeundae District †October 14th, 2019, Sujeong-su

57

Michel Hazanavicius

French film director, producer and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1967, Paris

37

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

*March 29th, 1987, Saint-Pierre

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

*March 29th, 1918, Kingfisher †April 5th, 1992, Little Rock

64

Annabella Sciorra

American actress

*March 29th, 1960, Brooklyn

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

67

Hanna Reitsch

German aviator

*March 29th, 1912, Jelenia Góra †August 24th, 1979, Frankfurt

86

Pierre Moinot

French writer (1920-2007)

*March 29th, 1920, Fressines †March 6th, 2007, 6th arrondissement of Paris

80

Nana Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic of Ghana

*March 29th, 1944, Accra

64

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian novelist, musician and economist

*March 29th, 1960, Oslo

47

Castruccio Castracani

Italian condottiero

*March 29th, 1281, Lucca †September 3rd, 1328, Lucca

55

Lucy Lawless

New Zealand actress

*March 29th, 1969, Mount Albert

40

Viktor Király

Hungarian-American singer and songwriter

*March 29th, 1984, New York City

102

Ernst Jünger

German writer

*March 29th, 1895, Heidelberg †February 17th, 1998, Riedlingen

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

78

Robert J. Shiller

American economist

*March 29th, 1946, Detroit

33

N'Golo Kanté

French-Malian association football player

*March 29th, 1991, Paris

86

Frederick Treves

British actor (1925-2012)

*March 29th, 1925, Cliftonville †January 30th, 2012, Mitcham

85

Terence Hill

Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer

*March 29th, 1939, Venice

63

Amy Sedaris

American comedian and actor

*March 29th, 1961, Endicott

83

Astrud Gilberto

Brazilian-American singer and songwriter (1940–2023)

*March 29th, 1940, Salvador †June 5th, 2023, Philadelphia

62

Warner Baxter

American actor (1889–1951)

*March 29th, 1889, Columbus †May 7th, 1951, Beverly Hills

81

Eric Idle

British comedian, actor and writer

*March 29th, 1943, South Shields

57

Wim Brands

Dutch television presenter, radio host, poet, journalist, writer and presenter (1959-2016)

*March 29th, 1959, Brummen †April 4th, 2016, Amsterdam

44

Kim Tae-hee

South Korean actress born in 1980

*March 29th, 1980, Ulsan

74

Wilhelm Liebknecht

German socialist and political activist

*March 29th, 1826, Giessen †August 7th, 1900, Charlottenburg

60

Elle Macpherson

Australian model, actress, businesswoman and philanthropist

*March 29th, 1964, Killara

48

Jennifer Capriati

American tennis player

*March 29th, 1976, New York City

82

Eileen Heckart

American actress (1919–2001)

*March 29th, 1919, Columbus †December 31st, 2001, Norwalk

78

Jean Leclerc

Genevan theologian and biblical scholar (1657-1736)

*March 29th, 1657, Geneva †January 8th, 1736, Amsterdam

34

Fabio Felline

Italian road bicycle racer

*March 29th, 1990, Turin

76

Lennart Meri

Estonian writer, filmmaker and politician; President of Estonia in 1992–2001

*March 29th, 1929, Tallinn †March 14th, 2006, Tallinn

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Public holidays on March 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 29th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1240 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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