March 29th, 1530

Born on March 29th, 1530

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 539 days, exactly on October 19th, 2025, people who were born on March 29th, 1530 will be 181,000 days old!

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What happened on March 29th?

March 29th, 1968

The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, began in Moscow with tens of thousands of people in attendance.

March 29th, 2017

British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

March 29th, 2010

Islamist separatists of the Caucasus Emirate detonated two bombs on the Moscow Metro, killing 40 people and injuring 102 others.

March 29th, 1982

Queen Elizabeth II granted royal assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended any remaining constitutional dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as patriation.

March 29th, 1981

Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen jointly won the Men's Elite Race and Joyce Smith won the Women's Elite Race in the inaugural London Marathon.

March 29th, 1975

Jeff Beck released Blow by Blow, his most successful album in the U.S., reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.

March 29th, 1974

NASA's Mariner 10 (pictured) became the first space probe to make a flyby of Mercury.

March 29th, 1969

The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was formed.

March 29th, 1951

The King and I, a musical about Mongkut of Siam by Rodgers and Hammerstein, premiered on Broadway.

March 29th, 1941

Second World War: British and Australian ships defeated Italian Regia Marina vessels at the Battle of Cape Matapan.

March 29th, 1882

The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

March 29th, 1865

American Civil War: The Appomattox campaign opened with the Battle of Lewis's Farm, in which the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was forced into a series of retreats that would culminate in their surrender.

March 29th, 1807

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Vesta, the brightest asteroid and second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.

March 29th, 1800

William Matthews was ordained as the first Catholic priest born in British America.

March 29th, 1461

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Towton, allowing Edward IV to secure the English throne.

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

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

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

98

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

*March 29th, 1911, Cologne †January 1st, 2010, Norwich

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

69

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

25

Sulli

South Korean singer and actress (1994-2019)

*March 29th, 1994, Haeundae District †October 14th, 2019, Sujeong-su

57

Michel Hazanavicius

French film director, producer and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1967, Paris

37

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

*March 29th, 1987, Saint-Pierre

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

*March 29th, 1918, Kingfisher †April 5th, 1992, Little Rock

64

Annabella Sciorra

American actress

*March 29th, 1960, Brooklyn

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

56

Zaccaria Delfino

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

*March 29th, 1527, Venice †December 19th, 1583, Rome

67

Hanna Reitsch

German aviator

*March 29th, 1912, Jelenia Góra †August 24th, 1979, Frankfurt

55

Lucy Lawless

New Zealand actress

*March 29th, 1969, Mount Albert

40

Viktor Király

Hungarian-American singer and songwriter

*March 29th, 1984, New York City

80

Nana Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic of Ghana

*March 29th, 1944, Accra

64

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian novelist, musician and economist

*March 29th, 1960, Oslo

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53

Ivan IV Vasilyevich

Tsar of Russia from 1547 to 1584

*August 25th, 1530, Kolomenskoye †March 18th, 1584, Moscow

48

Uesugi Kenshin

Japanese daimyo

*February 18th, 1530, Kasugayama Castle †April 19th, 1578, Kasugayama Castle

38

Louis, Prince of Condé

French general, Huguenot leader and founder of the House of Bourbon-Condé (1530-1569)

*May 7th, 1530, Vendôme †March 13th, 1569, Jarnac

71

Claude Fauchet

French official, historian and antiquary (1530–1602)

*July 3rd, 1530, Paris †January 1st, 1602, Paris

77

Lucas Bacmeister

German theologian and university teacher (1530-1608)

*October 18th, 1530, Lüneburg †July 9th, 1608, Rostock

32

Étienne de La Boétie

French judge, writer and philosopher

*November 1st, 1530, Sarlat-la-Canéda †August 18th, 1563, Le Taillan-Médoc

48

François de Montmorency

Marshal of France (1530-1579)

*June 17th, 1530, Chantilly †May 6th, 1579, Écouen

72

David Peifer

German jurist (1530-1602)

*January 3rd, 1530, Leipzig †February 2nd, 1602, Dresden

56

Jan Rubens

Flemish politician, father of Peter Paul Rubens (1530-1587)

*March 13th, 1530, Antwerp †March 1st, 1587, Cologne

67

Stanislaus Bornbach

Polish author and historian (1530-1597)

*January 14th, 1530, Warsaw †March 27th, 1597, Gdańsk

35

Ranuccio Farnese

Italian prelate who was Cardinal of Santa Lucia in Selci

*August 11th, 1530, Valentano †October 29th, 1565, Parma

59

Giambattista Benedetti

Mathematician from Italy

*August 14th, 1530, Venice †January 20th, 1590, Turin

81

Louis III, Count of Löwenstein

Count of Löwenstein (1530-1611)

*February 17th, 1530, Vaihingen an der Enz †March 13th, 1611, Wertheim

76

Joachim Strupp

German author (1530-1606)

*April 6th, 1530, Grünberg †June 18th, 1606, Darmstadt

79

Valentin Forster

German jurist (1530-1609)

*January 20th, 1530, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †October 28th, 1609, Helmstedt

42

John William, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German Duke (1530-1573)

*March 11th, 1530, Torgau †March 2nd, 1573, Weimar

38

Onofrio Panvinio

Italian historian and antiquary (1529-1568)

*February 23rd, 1530, Verona †April 27th, 1568, Palermo

40

Gaspar de Bono

Spanish friar

*January 5th, 1530, Valencia †January 1st, 1571, Valencia

85

Bernardino Realino

Italian Jesuit

*December 1st, 1530, Carpi †July 2nd, 1616, Lecce

52

Vratislav von Pernstein

Czech nobleman (1530-1582)

*July 9th, 1530, Velké Meziříčí †October 27th, 1582, Linz

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1530 is a normal year and no leap year.

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