June 29th, 1494

Born on June 29th, 1494

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 193,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 477 days, exactly on August 24th, 2025, people who were born on June 29th, 1494 will be 194,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 29th?

June 29th, 2003

An overloaded balcony collapsed in Chicago, United States, killing 13 people and injuring 57 others.

June 29th, 1995

Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.

June 29th, 1971

The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression during preparations for reentry, killing Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Viktor Patsayev—the only human deaths to have occurred in space.

June 29th, 1967

Actress Jayne Mansfield, her boyfriend Sam Brody, and their driver were killed in a car accident outside of New Orleans, while her children Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska Hargitay escaped with only minor injuries.

June 29th, 1950

The United States defeated England during the FIFA World Cup in one of the greatest upsets in the competition's history.

June 29th, 1927

The United States Army Air Corps aircraft Bird of Paradise landed at Wheeler Field on the Hawaiian island of Oahu to complete the first transpacific flight.

June 29th, 1913

More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of American Civil War veterans ever held.

June 29th, 1889

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest city by area in the United States and the second-largest by population.

June 29th, 1864

A passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, killing as many as 99 people and injuring 100 others in Canada's worst railway accident.

June 29th, 1776

The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, was fought near Cape May, New Jersey.

June 29th, 1764

One of the strongest tornadoes in history (pictured) struck Woldegk (in present-day northeastern Germany), killing one person.

June 29th, 1613

The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the roof.

June 29th, 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

June 29th, 2012

A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.

June 29th, 2007

Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

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

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

30

Oliver Tree

American singer, record producer and comedian

*June 29th, 1993, Santa Cruz

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

29

Elina Born

Estonian singer

*June 29th, 1994, Lehtse

65

Ralf Rangnick

German association football manager (born 1958)

*June 29th, 1958, Backnang

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

*June 29th, 1930, New York City †October 26th, 2019, Beverly Hills

54

Aleks Paunovic

Canadian actor

*June 29th, 1969, Winnipeg

98

Giorgio Napolitano

President of Italy from 2006 to 2015

*June 29th, 1925, Naples †September 22nd, 2023, Rome

62

Jörg Meuthen

German university teacher and economist, politician

*June 29th, 1961, Essen

55

Brian d'Arcy James

American actor and musician

*June 29th, 1968, Saginaw

41

Lily Rabe

American actress

*June 29th, 1982, New York City

82

Rafael Kubelík

Czech conductor, violinist and composer

*June 29th, 1914, Býchory †August 11th, 1996, Kastanienbaum

65

Dieter Althaus

German politician

*June 29th, 1958, Heilbad Heiligenstadt

38

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837)

*June 29th, 1798, Recanati †June 14th, 1837, Naples

45

Nicole Scherzinger

American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and television personality

*June 29th, 1978, Honolulu

53

Emily Skinner

American singer

*June 29th, 1970, Richmond

44

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

French writer and aviator (1900–1944)

*June 29th, 1900, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon †July 31st, 1944, île de Riou

77

Oriana Fallaci

Italian journalist and writer (1929-2006)

*June 29th, 1929, Florence †September 15th, 2006, Florence

28

Nicholas Latifi

Canadian racing driver (born 1995)

*June 29th, 1995, Toronto

43

Charlamagne tha God

American radio personality

*June 29th, 1980, Moncks Corner

64

Bernard Herrmann

American composer and conductor

*June 29th, 1911, New York City †December 24th, 1975, Los Angeles

Same year
Born in 1494

71

Suleiman the Magnificent

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and caliph (1520–1566)

*November 6th, 1494, Trabzon †September 7th, 1566, Szigetvár

72

Johannes Agricola

Reformer, humanist

*April 20th, 1494, Lutherstadt Eisleben †September 22nd, 1566, Berlin

61

Georgius Agricola

German mineralogist

*March 24th, 1494, Glauchau †November 21st, 1555, Chemnitz

52

Francis I of France

King of France (1494-1547)

*September 12th, 1494, Cognac †March 31st, 1547, Rambouillet

63

Bona Sforza

Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*February 2nd, 1494, Vigevano †November 19th, 1557, Castello Normanno-Svevo

59

Ambrosius Moibanus

German theologian

*April 4th, 1494, Wrocław †January 16th, 1554, Wrocław

88

Antoinette de Bourbon

Duchess consort of Guise

*December 25th, 1494, Ham †January 22nd, 1583, Joinville

81

Hans Sachs

German meistersinger ("mastersinger"), poet, playwright and shoemaker

*November 5th, 1494, Nuremberg †January 19th, 1576, Nuremberg

62

Pontormo

Florentine Mannerist painter

*May 24th, 1494, Empoli †December 31st, 1556, Florence

46

Rosso Fiorentino

Italian painter

*March 8th, 1494, Florence †November 14th, 1540, Paris

81

Francesco da Sangallo

Italian artist (1494-1576)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †February 17th, 1576, Florence

80

Francesco Maurolico

Greek mathematician and astronomer (*1494 – †1575)

*September 16th, 1494, Messina †July 22nd, 1575, Messina

63

Francesco Bacchiacca

Italian Renaissance painter (1494-1557)

*March 1st, 1494, Florence †October 5th, 1557, Florence

60

Oronce Finé

French mathematician and cartographer (*1494 – †1555)

*December 20th, 1494, Briançon †August 8th, 1555, Paris

63

Wolfgang of the Palatinate

Count Palatine of Neumarkt, governor of the Upper Palatinate

*October 31st, 1494, Heidelberg †April 2nd, 1558, Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz

76

Johannes Scheubel

German mathematician

*January 1st, 1494, Kirchheim unter Teck †January 1st, 1570, Tübingen

26

Margaret of Anhalt-Köthen

Princess of Anhalt by birth, by marriage Duchess of Saxony

*November 12th, 1494, Köthen †October 7th, 1521, Weimar

24

Elisabeth of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and Margravine of Baden by marriage

*March 25th, 1494, Ansbach †May 31st, 1518, Pforzheim

74

Jean Parisot de la Valette

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*January 1st, 1494, La Valette-du-Var †August 21st, 1568, Malta

77

Elisabeth of Brunswick-Lüneburg, Duchess of Guelders

Duchess consort of Guelders

*September 11th, 1494, Celle †April 2nd, 1572, Geldern

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1494 is a normal year and no leap year.

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