December 29th, 1543

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Born on December 29th, 1543 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1543)

Born on December 29th, 1543

Weekday

Wednesday

December 29th, 1543 was a Wednesday.

Age

480

People born on December 29th, 1543 will turn 481 this year (2024), in exactly 179 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1543 - January 20th, 1544

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 175,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 496 days, exactly on November 11th, 2025, people who were born on December 29th, 1543 will be 176,000 days old!

175,504 Days

25,072 Weeks

5,766 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

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

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

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

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

Henri, Prince of Condé

French prince du Sang; Huguenot general, lived (1553-1588)

*December 29th, 1552, La Ferté-sous-Jouarre †March 5th, 1588, Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

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

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

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

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

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

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

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

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

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

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

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

Sofiane Hanni

Algerian and French footballer

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

Inga Swenson

American actress

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

Same year
Born in 1543

Tokugawa Ieyasu

Founder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (1543–1616)

*January 31st, 1543, Okazaki Castle †June 1st, 1616, Sunpu Castle

Claudio Acquaviva

Superior General of the Society of Jesus

*September 14th, 1543, Atri †January 31st, 1615, Rome

Hartmann Pistoris

German jurist (1543-1603)

*January 22nd, 1543, Leipzig †March 1st, 1603, Leipzig

Kanō Eitoku

Japanese artist (1543-1590)

*February 16th, 1543, Heian-kyō †October 12th, 1590, Heian-kyō

Charles III, Duke of Lorraine

Duke of Lorraine from 1545

*February 18th, 1543, Nancy †May 14th, 1608, Nancy

John Still

Bishop of Bath and Wells in Somerset, England

*November 30th, 1543, Grantham †January 1st, 1608, Wells

Dorothea van Saksen-Lauenburg

(1543-1586)

*March 11th, 1543, Lüneburg †April 5th, 1586, Herzberg am Harz

Valentin Schindler

Lutheran Hebraist and professor of the University of Wittenberg, where he was an important teacher of the Hebrew language

*February 14th, 1543, Oederan †June 11th, 1604, Helmstedt

Christine of Hesse

Duchess Consort of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

*June 29th, 1543, Kassel †May 13th, 1604, Kiel

Johann Yetzeler

(1543-1622)

*January 1st, 1543, Schaffhausen †January 1st, 1622, Schaffhausen

Lettice Knollys

English noblewoman

*November 8th, 1543, Rotherfield Greys †December 25th, 1634, Drayton Bassett

Sharaf Khan Bidlisi

Kurdish noble and writer (1543-c.1603)

*February 25th, 1543, Bitlis †January 1st, 1603, Bitlis

François de Bonne, Duke of Lesdiguières

Marshal of France (1543-1626)

*April 1st, 1543, Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur †September 21st, 1626, Valence

John Casimir of the Palatinate-Simmern

German prince and reigning count palatine of Simmern (1543-1592)

*March 7th, 1543, Simmern †January 16th, 1592, Heidelberg

Giovanni Bembo

Doge of Venice (1543-1618)

*August 21st, 1543, Venice †March 16th, 1618, Venice

Petrus Albinus

German professor, father of Saxon historiography

*June 28th, 1543, Schneeberg †July 31st, 1598, Dresden

Antonio Archilei

Italian singer, composer and luth player

*March 12th, 1543, Albano Laziale †January 1st, 1612, Florence

Nathanael Chytraeus

German historian and theologian

*January 1st, 1543, Menzingen †January 1st, 1598, Bremen

Johann Lange

*September 4th, 1543, Wesselburen †November 17th, 1616, Kamenz

Àngela Margarida Prat

*October 26th, 1543, Manresa †December 24th, 1608

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on December 29th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.XII.MDXLIII

29.12.1543

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1543 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1543

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December 29th, 1543

Born on December 29th, 1543

Weekday

Wednesday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 175,000 days old!

175,504 Days

25,072 Weeks

5,766 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 29th?

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

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

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

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

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".

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

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".

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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?

Same year Born in 1543

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 29th

Ebrulf

Jonathan, Prince of Israel and David's friend.

Thomas Becket

Trophimus of Arles

December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Ireland)

Independence Day (Mongolia)

The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)

The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.12.1543

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1543

Calendar
December 1543

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