October 29th, 1559

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Born on October 29th, 1559 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1559)

Born on October 29th, 1559

Weekday

Thursday

October 29th, 1559 was a Thursday.

Age

464

People born on October 29th, 1559 will turn 465 this year (2024), in exactly 181 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1559 - November 22nd, 1559

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 169,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 342 days, exactly on April 8th, 2025, people who were born on October 29th, 1559 will be 170,000 days old!

169,658 Days

24,236 Weeks

5,574 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

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 a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of 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

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

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).

October 29th, 1792

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

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

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

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*October 29th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

*October 29th, 1880, Frankfurt †August 20th, 1945, Wrocław

Christian I, Elector of Saxony

German noble

*October 29th, 1560, Dresden †September 25th, 1591, Dresden

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

*October 29th, 1946, Pennsylvania †March 22nd, 1991, Pennsylvania

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

*October 29th, 1944, Tyseley †December 5th, 2023, Naples

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

Same year
Born in 1559

Alice Spencer

English countess, viscountess and baroness

*May 4th, 1559, Althorp †January 23rd, 1637, Harefield

Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau

Prince-archbishop of Salzburg between 1587 and 1612

*March 26th, 1559, Bregenz †January 16th, 1617, Fortress Hohensalzburg

Nurhaci

Jurchen chieftain of Later Jin, founder of Qing Dynasty

*February 11th, 1559, Hetu Ala City †September 30th, 1626, Xingcheng

Albert VII, Archduke of Austria

Austrian cardinal and governor of the Netherlands (1559-1621)

*November 15th, 1559, Wiener Neustadt †July 13th, 1621, City of Brussels

Catherine de Bourbon

Infanta of Navarre, Princess of France, crown princess of Navarre and crown princess consort of Lorraine

*February 7th, 1559, Paris †February 13th, 1604, Nancy

Lawrence of Brindisi

Italian Capuchin, saint (1559-1619)

*July 22nd, 1559, Brindisi †July 22nd, 1619, Lisbon

Philip II, Margrave of Baden-Baden

Margrave of Baden-Baden

*February 19th, 1559, Baden-Baden †June 7th, 1588, Baden-Baden

Melchior Jöstel

German mathematician (1559-1611)

*April 10th, 1559, Dresden †June 13th, 1611, Freiberg

Amar Singh I

Eldest son and successor of Maharana Pratap of Mewar

*March 16th, 1559, Chittorgarh Fort †January 26th, 1620, Chittorgarh Fort

Cigoli

Tuscan painter active in Rome (1559-1613)

*September 22nd, 1559, Cigoli †June 18th, 1613, Rome

Jacques Sirmond

French jesuit scholar (1559-1651)

*October 12th, 1559, Riom †October 7th, 1651, Paris

Giulio Mancini

Italian art historian

*February 21st, 1559, Siena †August 22nd, 1630, Rome

Dominique de Jésus-Marie

Spanish monk (1559-1630)

*May 16th, 1559, Calatayud city †February 16th, 1630, Vienna

Salomon Gesner

German theologian and educationist (1559-1605)

*November 8th, 1559, Bolesławiec †February 7th, 1605, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

Isaac Casaubon

Classical scholar and philologist (1559–1614)

*February 18th, 1559, Geneva †July 1st, 1614, London

Countess Palatine Barbara of Zweibrücken-Neuburg

Countess Palatine of Zweibrücken by birth and by marriage Countess of Oettingen-Oettingen (1559-1618)

*July 27th, 1559, Neuburg an der Donau †March 5th, 1618, Oettingen in Bayern

Frederik van den Bergh

Soldier in the Eighty Years' War (1559-1618)

*August 18th, 1559, Ulft †September 3rd, 1618

Johann Friedrich Schröter

*January 1st, 1559, Jena †January 1st, 1625, Jena

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.X.MDLIX

29.10.1559

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1559 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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October 29th, 1559

Born on October 29th, 1559

Weekday

Thursday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 169,000 days old!

169,658 Days

24,236 Weeks

5,574 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 29th?

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

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.

About 10,000 people died when a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar.

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

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.

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

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.

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

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.

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

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

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

Same year Born in 1559

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 29th

Abraham of Rostov

Blessed Chiara Badano

Colman mac Duagh

Douai Martyrs

Gaetano Errico

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Michele Rua

Narcissus of Jerusalem

Theuderius

October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

Republic Day (Turkey) or Cumhuriyet Bayramı

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.10.1559

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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October 1559

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