August 29th, 1526

Born on August 29th, 1526

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What happened on August 29th, 1526?

August 29th, 1526

Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Mohács

What else happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 1914

Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 29th, 2007

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

August 29th, 1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

August 29th, 1991

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

August 29th, 1984

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

August 29th, 1960

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

August 29th, 1959

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

August 29th, 1930

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

August 29th, 1916

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

August 29th, 1911

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

August 29th, 1903

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

August 29th, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen (replica pictured).

August 29th, 1842

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

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

Same year
Born in 1526

64

Luis de León

Spanish poet and Augustinian friar (1527-1591)

*November 30th, 1526, Belmonte †August 23rd, 1591, Madrigal de las Altas Torres

56

Catherine Jagellon

Queen of Sweden

*November 1st, 1526, Kraków †September 16th, 1583, Stockholm Palace

72

Heinrich Rantzau

German humanist writer, astrologer, and astrological writer

*March 11th, 1526, Steinburg †December 31st, 1598, Schloss Breitenburg

42

Wolfgang, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken

*September 26th, 1526, Zweibrücken †June 11th, 1569, Nexon

80

Martin Crusius

German historian and classical philologist

*September 19th, 1526, Gräfenberg †February 14th, 1607, Tübingen

56

Akechi Mitsuhide

16th-century samurai; assassin of Oda Nobunaga

*January 1st, 1526, Mino Province †July 2nd, 1582, Settsu Province

66

Christian Schütz

German theologian

*January 1st, 1526, Waldkappel †January 10th, 1592, Dresden

59

Muretus

French philosopher

*April 22nd, 1526, Limoges †June 4th, 1585, Rome

18

Elizabeth of Austria

Austrian princess, Queen of Poland and Grand Duchess consort of Lithuania (1543-1545)

*July 9th, 1526, Linz †June 15th, 1545, Vilnius

77

Dorothy Stafford

English noblewoman and courtier (1526-1604)

*October 1st, 1526, England †September 22nd, 1604

81

Johann Stromer

*July 22nd, 1526, Auerbach in der Oberpfalz †October 11th, 1607, Jena

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1526 is a normal year and no leap year.

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