October 29th, 1560

Born on October 29th, 1560

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 712 days, exactly on April 9th, 2026, people who were born on October 29th, 1560 will be 170,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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

Born on October 29th, 1560

30

Christian I, Elector of Saxony

German noble

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

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

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

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

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

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

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

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

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

89

Franz von Papen

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

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

61

Jean Giraudoux

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

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

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

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

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

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

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

25

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

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36

Theodosius Fabricius

German theologian (1560-1597)

*August 11th, 1560, Nordhausen †August 7th, 1597, Göttingen

54

Elizabeth Báthory

Hungarian countess

*August 7th, 1560, Nyírbátor †August 21st, 1614, Čachtice Castle

73

Wilhelm Fabry

German surgeon (1560-1634)

*June 25th, 1560, Hilden †February 15th, 1634, Bern

76

Albrecht Manuel

Swiss politician (1560-1637)

*November 2nd, 1560, Bern †August 11th, 1637, Bern

66

Jan Gruter

Flemish-born philologist, scholar, and librarian (1560-1627)

*December 3rd, 1560, Antwerp †September 20th, 1627, Heidelberg

49

Jacobus Arminius

Dutch theologian, inspirator of Arminianism, champion of tolerance (1560-1609)

*October 10th, 1560, Oudewater †October 19th, 1609, Leiden

48

Annibale Carracci

Bolognese painter (1560–1609)

*November 3rd, 1560, Bologna †July 15th, 1609, Rome

52

John Harington

English courtier, Queens godson and author

*August 4th, 1560, Kelston †November 20th, 1612, Somerset

64

Gaspard Bauhin

Swiss botanist (1560-1624)

*January 17th, 1560, Basel †December 5th, 1624, Basel

40

Charles I, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

Count Palatine of Zweibrücken-Birkenfeld

*September 4th, 1560, Neuburg an der Donau †December 16th, 1600, Birkenfeld

71

Pietro Durazzo

Doge of the Republic of Genoa

*August 8th, 1560, Genoa †December 18th, 1631, Genoa

69

Thomas Chrön

17th-century Catholic bishop

*November 13th, 1560, Ljubljana †February 10th, 1630, Gornji Grad

68

Hieronymus Praetorius

German composer (1560-1629)

*August 10th, 1560, Hamburg †January 27th, 1629, Hamburg

49

Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes

Spanish general and statesman

*September 18th, 1560, Zamora †July 22nd, 1610, Milan

67

Juan Sánchez Cotán

Spanish artist (1560-1627)

*June 25th, 1560, Orgaz †September 8th, 1627, Granada

51

Charles III de Croÿ

Belgian noble (1560-1612)

*July 11th, 1560, Beaumont †January 16th, 1612, Beaumont

31

Thomas Cavendish

English explorer and privateer (1560-1592)

*September 19th, 1560, Ipswich †May 1st, 1592, South Atlantic Ocean

60

William Louis, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg

Count of Nassau-Dillenburg and stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen and Drenthe (1560–1620)

*March 13th, 1560, Dillenburg †May 31st, 1620, Leeuwarden

57

Charles, Margrave of Burgau

German nobleman

*November 22nd, 1560, Velký Vřešťov †October 31st, 1618, Überlingen

97

Giovanni Paolo Lascaris

Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller

*June 28th, 1560, Castellar, Piedmont †August 14th, 1657, Malta

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Leap year

Yes: 1560 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).

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