October 29th, 1523

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Born on October 29th, 1523 – 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 1523)

Born on October 29th, 1523

Weekday

Monday

October 29th, 1523 was a Monday.

Age

500

People born on October 29th, 1523 will turn 501 this year (2024), in exactly 183 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1523 - November 22nd, 1523

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 182,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 195 days, exactly on November 10th, 2024, people who were born on October 29th, 1523 will be 183,000 days old!

182,805 Days

26,115 Weeks

6,006 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?

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

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

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

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

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

Vincenzo Borghini

Italian historian (1515-1580)

*October 29th, 1515, Florence †August 15th, 1580, Florence

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

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

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

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

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

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 1523

Marco Antonio Bragadin

Military officer of the Republic of Venice and last Captain-General of Venetian Cyprus (1523-1571)

*April 21st, 1523, Venice †August 17th, 1571, Famagusta

Anna Jagiellon

Queen regnant of Poland and Grand Duchess of Lithuania

*October 18th, 1523, Kraków †September 9th, 1596, Warsaw

Margaret of France, Duchess of Berry

Daughter of King Francis I of France

*June 5th, 1523, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †September 15th, 1574, Turin

Esrom Ruedinger

German philologist, physicist, historian, and teacher

*January 1st, 1523, Bamberg †December 2nd, 1590, Altdorf bei Nürnberg

Kunigunde of Brandenburg-Kulmbach

Margravine of Baden

*June 17th, 1523, Ansbach †February 27th, 1558, Pforzheim

Kaspar Eberhard

German theologian (1523-1575)

*March 21st, 1523, Schneeberg †October 20th, 1575, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Blaise de Vigenère

French cryptographer (1523-1596)

*April 5th, 1523, Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule †February 19th, 1596, Paris

Charles, Cardinal de Bourbon

Catholic cardinal

*September 22nd, 1523, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre †May 9th, 1590, Fontenay-le-Comte

Rodrigo de Castro Osorio

Spanish cardinal

*March 5th, 1523, Valladolid †September 20th, 1600, Seville

George II of Brieg

Duke of Brzeg from 1547 until his death

*July 18th, 1523, Legnica †May 7th, 1586, Brzeg

Valentin Naboth

German astronomer and mathematician (1523-1593)

*February 13th, 1523, Calau †March 3rd, 1593, Padua

Jan Blahoslav

Czech linguist and writer (1523-1571)

*March 2nd, 1523, Přerov †December 4th, 1571, Moravský Krumlov

Johannes Haller der Jüngere

Swiss clergyman and reformer

*January 1st, 1523, Amsoldingen †January 1st, 1575

Helena Magenbuch

German pharmacist

*January 1st, 1523, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1597

Kaspar von Logau

*November 30th, 1523, Nysa †January 1st, 1574, Wrocław

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.MDXXIII

29.10.1523

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1523 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1523

October 1523

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October 29th, 1523

Born on October 29th, 1523

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 182,000 days old!

182,805 Days

26,115 Weeks

6,006 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 1523

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