December 29th, 1544

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Born on December 29th, 1544 – 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 1544)

Born on December 29th, 1544

Weekday

Friday

December 29th, 1544 was a Friday.

Age

479

People born on December 29th, 1544 will turn 480 this year (2024), in exactly 246 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1544 - January 20th, 1545

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 929 days, exactly on November 12th, 2026, people who were born on December 29th, 1544 will be 176,000 days old!

175,071 Days

25,010 Weeks

5,751 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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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?

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 1544

William Gilbert

English physician, physicist and natural philosopher (1544-1603)

*May 24th, 1544, Colchester †November 30th, 1603, London

Francis II of France

King of France (1544-1560)

*January 19th, 1544, Fontainebleau †December 5th, 1560, Orléans

Torquato Tasso

Italian poet (1544–1595)

*March 11th, 1544, Sorrento †April 25th, 1595, Rome

Giovanni Maria Nosseni

Swiss sculptor

*May 1st, 1544, Lugano †September 20th, 1620, Dresden

Anna of Saxony

Dutch princess (1545-1577)

*December 23rd, 1544, Dresden †December 18th, 1577, Dresden

Renata of Lorraine

Duchess consort of Bavaria

*April 20th, 1544, Nancy †May 22nd, 1602, Munich

Bogislaw XIII, Duke of Pomerania

Duke of Pomerania-Stettin from 1603 to 1606

*August 9th, 1544, Wolgast †March 7th, 1606, Szczecin

Gillis van Coninxloo

Flemish painter (1544-1607)

*January 24th, 1544, Antwerp †January 4th, 1607, Amsterdam

Dorothea Susanne of Simmern

Duchess of Saxe-Weimar

*November 15th, 1544, Simmern †April 8th, 1592, Weimar

Isaac Habrecht

Swiss clockmaker

*February 23rd, 1544, Schaffhausen †November 11th, 1620, Strasbourg

Takenaka Shigeharu

Japanese samurai

*September 27th, 1544, Ōno district †July 6th, 1579, Miki Castle

César de Bus

French Roman Catholic priest and saint

*February 3rd, 1544, Cavaillon †April 15th, 1607, Avignon

Johann Conrad Meyer

Swiss politician (1544-1604)

*May 5th, 1544, Schaffhausen †June 18th, 1604, Maienfeld

Margarethe von Diez

(1544-1608)

*October 14th, 1544, Spangenberg †July 12th, 1608

Georg Besserer

German theologian (1544-1604)

*October 7th, 1544, Kitzingen †April 20th, 1604

Diane de La Marck

*June 16th, 1544, Château-Thierry †April 30th, 1622

Thomas Hobson

English keeper of a livery stable

*January 1st, 1544, Stratford-upon-Avon †January 1st, 1631, Wales

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.MDXLIV

29.12.1544

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

XL = 40

X = 10

IX = 9

IV = 4

I = 1

Leap year

Yes: 1544 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).

Calendar
December 1544

December 1544

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December 29th, 1544

Born on December 29th, 1544

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

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

175,071 Days

25,010 Weeks

5,751 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 1544

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

29.12.1544

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

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

Same year
Born in 1544

Calendar
December 1544

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48					1	2	3
49	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
50	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
51	18	19	20	21	22	23	24
52	25	26	27	28	29	30	31