December 29th, 1528

Born on December 29th, 1528

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 180,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 83 days, exactly on July 21st, 2024, people who were born on December 29th, 1528 will be 181,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

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

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

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

66

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

*December 29th, 1808, Raleigh †July 31st, 1875, Elizabethton

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

89

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

*December 29th, 1927, Paris †March 25th, 2017, Viterbo

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Porto †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle

74

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

33

Sofiane Hanni

Algerian and French footballer

*December 29th, 1990, Ivry-sur-Seine

90

Inga Swenson

American actress

*December 29th, 1932, Omaha †July 23rd, 2023, Los Angeles

67

Christine Errath

East German figure skater

*December 29th, 1956, East Berlin

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63

Anthony Browne, 1st Viscount Montagu

English politician (1528-1592)

*November 29th, 1528, England †October 19th, 1592, West Horsley

32

Petrus Lotichius Secundus

German Neo-Latin Poet (1528-1560)

*November 2nd, 1528, Schlüchtern †November 7th, 1560, Heidelberg

71

Francisco Guerrero

Spanish composer of the Renaissance

*October 4th, 1528, Seville †November 8th, 1599, Seville

59

Qi Jiguang

Ming Dynasty general

*November 17th, 1528, Shandong †January 5th, 1588

74

Maria of Austria, Holy Roman Empress

Holy Roman empress (1528-1603)

*June 21st, 1528, Madrid †February 26th, 1603, Convent of Las Descalzas Reales

44

Jeanne d'Albret

Queen of Navarre from 1555 to 1572

*January 7th, 1528, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †June 9th, 1572, Paris

52

Emanuele Filiberto I, Duke of Savoy

Duke of Savoy from 1553 to 1580

*July 8th, 1528, Chambéry †August 30th, 1580, Turin

47

Diogo de Payva de Andrada

Portuguese theologian/16th century

*July 26th, 1528, Coimbra †December 1st, 1575, Lisbon

75

Otto II, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

Duke of Brunswick-Harburg (1549-1603)

*September 25th, 1528, Celle †October 26th, 1603, Harburg

56

Eric II, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

German duke

*August 10th, 1528, Dassel †November 17th, 1584, Pavia

62

Archduchess Anna of Austria

Duchess of Bavaria (1528-1590)

*July 7th, 1528, Prague †October 16th, 1590, Munich

47

Luis de Requesens y Zúñiga

Spanish politician

*August 25th, 1528, Molins de Rei †March 5th, 1576, Brussels metropolitan area

51

Albert V, Duke of Bavaria

Duke of Bavaria

*February 29th, 1528, Munich †October 24th, 1579, Munich

61

Jakob Andreae

German lutheran theologian

*March 25th, 1528, Waiblingen †January 7th, 1590, Tübingen

57

Adam Lonitzer

German physician and botanist (1528-1586)

*October 10th, 1528, Marburg †May 29th, 1586, Frankfurt

35

Matthäus Judex

German theologian (1528-1564)

*September 22nd, 1528, Dippoldiswalde †May 15th, 1564, Rostock

76

Domingo Báñez

Spanish Dominican and Scholastic theologian

*February 29th, 1528, Medina del Campo †October 22nd, 1604, Medina del Campo

75

Cyriacus Spangenberg

German theologian and historian

*June 7th, 1528, Nordhausen †February 16th, 1604, Strasbourg

60

Petrus Peckius the Elder

Jurist and one of the first to write about international maritime law

*November 30th, 1528, Zierikzee †July 16th, 1589, Mechelen

31

Jaroslav z Pernštejna

Czech nobleman

*November 14th, 1528, Moravský Krumlov †July 27th, 1560, Italy

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Leap year

Yes: 1528 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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