October 29th, 1416

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Born on October 29th, 1416 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1416)

Born on October 29th, 1416

Weekday

Tuesday

October 29th, 1416 was a Tuesday.

Age

607

People born on October 29th, 1416 will turn 608 this year (2024), in exactly 181 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1416 - November 22nd, 1416

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 221,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 113 days, exactly on August 22nd, 2024, people who were born on October 29th, 1416 will be 222,000 days old!

221,887 Days

31,698 Weeks

7,290 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

October 29th, 2013

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

October 29th, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

October 29th, 1999

About 10,000 people died when a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar.

October 29th, 1998

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

October 29th, 1991

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

October 29th, 1986

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

October 29th, 1960

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

October 29th, 1956

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

October 29th, 1955

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

October 29th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

October 29th, 1868

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

October 29th, 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

October 29th, 1831

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

October 29th, 1792

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

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

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

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*October 29th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

*October 29th, 1880, Frankfurt †August 20th, 1945, Wrocław

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

*October 29th, 1946, Pennsylvania †March 22nd, 1991, Pennsylvania

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

Hongwu Emperor

Founding emperor of China's Ming dynasty; ruled 1368–1398

*October 29th, 1328, Fengyang County †June 24th, 1398, Nanjing

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

*October 29th, 1944, Tyseley †December 5th, 2023, Naples

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

Same year
Born in 1416

Piero di Cosimo de' Medici

Italian nobleman, father of Lorenzo the Magnificent

*September 19th, 1416, Florence †December 2nd, 1469, Florence

Christopher of Bavaria

King of Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1442-1448

*February 26th, 1416, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz †January 6th, 1448, Helsingborg

Sigismund of Saxony

Bishop of Würzburg

*March 3rd, 1416, Meissen †December 24th, 1471, Rochlitz Castle

Antonio Squarcialupi

Italian musician

*March 27th, 1416, Florence †July 6th, 1480, Florence

Nicholas of Flüe

Hermit, ascetic, patron saint of Switzerland (1417-1487)

*November 30th, 1416, Obwalden †March 21st, 1487, Sachseln

Francisco

Italian mendicant friar, founder of the Order of Minims

*March 27th, 1416, Paola †April 2nd, 1507, Church of the Minims

Tongwa Donden

6th Karmapa

*March 16th, 1416, Kham †January 1st, 1453

Jakob von Lichtenberg

*May 25th, 1416, Château de Lichtenberg †January 5th, 1480, Ingwiller

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.X.MCDXVI

29.10.1416

Legend

M = 1000

CD = 400

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1416 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).

Calendar
October 1416

October 1416

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43	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
44	28	29	30	31

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42	14	15	16	17	18	19	20
43	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
44	28	29	30	31

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41	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
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October 29th, 1416

Born on October 29th, 1416

Weekday

Tuesday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 221,000 days old!

221,887 Days

31,698 Weeks

7,290 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 29th?

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

About 10,000 people died when a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar.

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

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

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

Same year Born in 1416

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 29th

Abraham of Rostov

Blessed Chiara Badano

Colman mac Duagh

Douai Martyrs

Gaetano Errico

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Michele Rua

Narcissus of Jerusalem

Theuderius

October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

Republic Day (Turkey) or Cumhuriyet Bayramı