March 29th, 1480

Born on March 29th, 1480

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 198,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 268 days, exactly on January 31st, 2025, people who were born on March 29th, 1480 will be 199,000 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

66

Johann Spangenberg

German theologian

*March 29th, 1484, Hardegsen †June 13th, 1550, Lutherstadt Eisleben

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

55

Lucy Lawless

New Zealand actress

*March 29th, 1969, Mount Albert

Same year
Born in 1480

39

Lucrezia Borgia

Spanish-Italian duchess-consort of Ferrara, Modena and Reggio (1480-1519)

*April 18th, 1480, Subiaco †June 24th, 1519, Ferrara

50

Margaret of Austria, Duchess of Savoy

Austrian archduchess and regent of the Netherlands (1480-1530)

*January 10th, 1480, Brussels †December 1st, 1530, Mechelen

67

Frederick II of Legnica

Duke of Legnica

*February 12th, 1480, Legnica †September 17th, 1547, Legnica

66

Saint Cajetan

(1480–1547) Founder of the Theatines

*October 1st, 1480, Vicenza †August 7th, 1547, Naples

68

Johannes Werner von Zimmern der Jüngere

(1480-1549)

*June 24th, 1480, Messkirch †January 1st, 1549, Bösingen

70

Tiedemann Giese

Roman Catholic bishop

*June 1st, 1480, Gdańsk †October 23rd, 1550, Lidzbark Warmiński

24

Philibert II, Duke of Savoy

Claimant king of Jerusalem

*April 10th, 1480, Pont-d'Ain †September 10th, 1504, Pont-d'Ain

36

Bridget of York

English nun; (1480-1517)

*November 10th, 1480, Eltham Palace †November 30th, 1516, Dartford

60

Philip of the Palatinate

Bishop of Freising and Naumburg

*July 5th, 1480, Heidelberg †January 5th, 1541, Freising

61

Girolamo Aleandro

Cardinal and scholar

*February 13th, 1480, Motta di Livenza †February 1st, 1542, Rome

79

Albert VII of Mansfeld

German nobleman, 1480-1560

*June 18th, 1480, Leipzig †March 4th, 1560, Leutenberg

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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: 1480 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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