October 29th, 1499

Born on October 29th, 1499

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 192,000 days old!

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What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 2007

Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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 the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near 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

Following the nationalisation of the Egypt's Suez Canal, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom invaded the Sinai Peninsula.

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).

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

Same year
Born in 1499

66

Pius IV

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1559 to 1565

*March 31st, 1499, Milan †December 9th, 1565, Rome

53

Katharina von Bora

Wife of Martin Luther

*January 29th, 1499, Lippendorf †December 20th, 1552, Torgau

24

Claude of France

Duchess of Brittany; queen consort of France (1499–1524)

*October 13th, 1499, Romorantin-Lanthenay †July 20th, 1524, Blois

44

Mary Boleyn

Sister of the queen of England Anne Boleyn

*January 1st, 1499, Blickling Hall †July 19th, 1543, Essex

44

Maria Salviati

Florentine noblewoman

*July 17th, 1499, Florence †December 12th, 1543, Villa Castello

53

Günther XL, Count of Schwarzburg

Count of Schwarzburg

*October 31st, 1499, Sondershausen †November 10th, 1552, Gehren

63

Peter Martyr Vermigli

Italian Reformed theologian

*September 8th, 1499, Florence †November 12th, 1562, Zürich

65

Valentin Kötzler

German jurist

*February 1st, 1499, Nuremberg †December 12th, 1564, Nuremberg

1

Edmund Tudor, Duke of Somerset

Duke of Somerset

*February 21st, 1499, Palace of Placentia †June 19th, 1500, London

43

Sebastian Franck

German Renaissance humanist

*January 20th, 1499, Donauwörth †January 1st, 1543, Basel

92

Michiel Coxie

Flemish painter (1499-1592)

*March 14th, 1499, Mechelen †March 3rd, 1592, Mechelen

61

Sebald Heyden

German musicologist and theologian

*December 8th, 1499, Bruck †July 9th, 1561, Nuremberg

74

Johann Naeve

German physician

*August 29th, 1499, Chemnitz †July 7th, 1574

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1499 is a normal year and no leap year.

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