September 29th, 1503

Born on September 29th, 1503

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 190,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 90 days, exactly on September 6th, 2026, people who were born on September 29th, 1503 will be 191,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on September 29th?

September 29th, 1964

Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.

September 29th, 2006

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.

September 29th, 2004

Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.

September 29th, 1991

The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.

September 29th, 1990

The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.

September 29th, 1963

The University of East Anglia (coat of arms featured) was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.

September 29th, 1957

An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.

September 29th, 1955

The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).

September 29th, 1954

Willie Mays (pictured) of the New York Giants made The Catch, one of the most famous defensive plays in the history of Major League Baseball.

September 29th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi forces, aided by Ukrainian collaborators, began a massacre of Jews in a ravine in Kyiv, killing more than 30,000 civilians in two days and thousands more in the following months.

September 29th, 1940

During a Royal Australian Air Force training exercise over Brocklesby, two planes collided and interlocked in mid-air (pictured); the pilot of the upper plane was able to land safely using the lower plane's engines.

September 29th, 1923

The Mandate for Palestine came into effect, officially creating the protectorates of Mandatory Palestine under British administration and Transjordan as a separate emirate under King Abdullah I.

September 29th, 1918

World War I: The Battle of St Quentin Canal took place, which led to the British Fourth Army making the first breach of the German defensive Hindenburg Line.

September 29th, 1833

The Spanish American wars of independence ended with the death of King Ferdinand VII, with what had once been the Spanish Empire disintegrating into independent Latin American states.

September 29th, 1724

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael.

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

Same year
Born in 1503

62

Nostradamus

French seer and astrologer (1503–1566)

*December 14th, 1503, Saint-Rémy-de-Provence †July 2nd, 1566, Salon-de-Provence

61

Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor of the Habsburg dynasty and king of Bohemia, Croatia and Hungary (1503–1564)

*March 10th, 1503, Alcalá de Henares †July 25th, 1564, Vienna

35

Isabella of Portugal

16th-century Holy Roman Empress and Queen of Spain (1503-1539)

*October 24th, 1503, Lisbon †May 1st, 1539, Toledo

69

Bronzino

Italian Mannerist painter (1503-1572)

*November 17th, 1503, Florence †November 23rd, 1572, Florence

55

Christian III of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway

*August 12th, 1503, Gottorf Castle †January 1st, 1559, Kolding

56

Franz Burchart

German politician, diplomat and jurist (1503-1560)

*July 3rd, 1503, Weimar †January 15th, 1560, Weimar

56

Johann Gropper

Catholic cardinal

*March 6th, 1503, Soest †March 23rd, 1559, Rome

43

Pier Luigi Farnese

Duke of Parma (1503-1547)

*November 19th, 1503, Rome †September 10th, 1547, Piacenza

44

Niccolò Ardinghelli

Italian cardinal

*March 17th, 1503, Florence †August 22nd, 1547, Rome

58

Paul Dax

Austrian artist (1503-1561)

*January 1st, 1503, Sterzing †January 1st, 1561, Innsbruck

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1503 is a normal year and no leap year.

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