October 29th, 1537

Born on October 29th, 1537

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 2007

Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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 the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near 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

Following the nationalisation of the Egypt's Suez Canal, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom invaded the Sinai Peninsula.

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).

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

Same year
Born in 1537

54

John III of Sweden

Swedish king

*December 20th, 1537, Stegeborg Castle †November 17th, 1592, Stockholm

67

Francesco Barozzi

Italian mathematician (1537-1604)

*August 9th, 1537, Heraklion †November 23rd, 1604, Venice

73

Jacob Flach

Botanist (1537-1611)

*November 4th, 1537, Jena †July 19th, 1611, Jena

53

Antonio Carafa

Italian cardinal and librarian (1538-1591)

*November 30th, 1537, Naples †January 13th, 1591, Rome

38

Christopher II, Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

First Margrave of Baden-Rodemachern

*February 26th, 1537, Baden-Baden †August 2nd, 1575, Rodemack

54

Christopher, Duke of Mecklenburg

Titular duke of Mecklenburg, and administrator of Ratzeburg

*July 30th, 1537, Augsburg †March 4th, 1592, Monastery in Tempzin

47

Guido Luca Ferrero

Italian Roman Catholic bishop and cardinal

*May 18th, 1537, Turin †May 16th, 1585, Rome

59

Ashikaga Yoshiaki

15th shōgun of the Ashikaga shogunate of Japan (1568–1573)

*December 15th, 1537, Kyoto †October 9th, 1597, Osaka

48

Willem IV van den Bergh

Dutch politician (1537-1586)

*December 24th, 1537, Huis Bergh †November 6th, 1586, Castle of Ulft

47

Richard Gwyn

Welsh Catholic martyr and bard

*January 1st, 1537, Llanidloes †October 15th, 1584, Wrexham

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1537 is a normal year and no leap year.

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