September 29th, 1566

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Born on September 29th, 1566 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on September 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on September 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (September 1566)

Born on September 29th, 1566

Weekday

Thursday

September 29th, 1566 was a Thursday.

Age

457

People born on September 29th, 1566 will turn 458 this year (2024), in exactly 154 days .

Zodiac

♎

Libra (The Scales)

September 24th, 1566 - October 23rd, 1566

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 167,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 872 days, exactly on September 17th, 2026, people who were born on September 29th, 1566 will be 168,000 days old!

167,128 Days

23,875 Weeks

5,490 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on September 29th?

September 29th, 2006

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.

September 29th, 2004

Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.

September 29th, 1991

The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.

September 29th, 1990

The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.

September 29th, 1963

The University of East Anglia was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.

September 29th, 1957

An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.

September 29th, 1955

The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).

September 29th, 1954

Twelve countries signed a convention to establish the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which manages the world's largest particle physics laboratory.

September 29th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi forces, aided by Ukrainian collaborators, began a massacre of Jews in a ravine in Kyiv, killing more than 30,000 civilians in two days and thousands more in the following months.

September 29th, 1940

During a Royal Australian Air Force training exercise over Brocklesby, two planes collided and interlocked in mid-air (pictured); the pilot of the upper plane was able to land safely using the lower plane's engines.

September 29th, 1923

The Mandate for Palestine came into effect, officially creating the protectorates of Mandatory Palestine under British administration and Transjordan as a separate emirate under King Abdullah I.

September 29th, 1918

World War I: The Battle of St Quentin Canal took place, which led to the British Fourth Army making the first breach of the German defensive Hindenburg Line.

September 29th, 1833

The Spanish American wars of independence ended with the death of King Ferdinand VII, with what had once been the Spanish Empire disintegrating into independent Latin American states.

September 29th, 1760

The Williamsburg Bray School, the oldest-surviving school building in the U.S. dedicated to educating Black children, opened at Benjamin Franklin's suggestion.

September 29th, 1011

An army of Viking pirates that had besieged the English city of Canterbury for weeks took Archbishop Ælfheah prisoner and seized power.

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

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

Miguel de Cervantes

Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright (1547-1616)

*September 29th, 1547, Alcalá de Henares †April 22nd, 1616, Madrid

Caravaggio

Italian painter (1571–1610)

*September 29th, 1571, Milan †July 18th, 1610, Porto Ercole

Massi Furlan

Italian-American actor and film producer

*September 29th, 1968, Treviso

Lech Wałęsa

Statesman, pro-democracy activist, and former president of Poland

*September 29th, 1943, Popowo

Sara Sankey

British badminton player

*September 29th, 1967, Southport

Enrico Fermi

Italian-American physicist (1901-1954)

*September 29th, 1901, Rome †November 28th, 1954, Chicago

Julia Gillard

Prime Minister of Australia from 2010 to 2013

*September 29th, 1961, Barry

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

Silvio Berlusconi

Italian politician and media tycoon (1936–2023)

*September 29th, 1936, Milan †June 12th, 2023, San Raffaele Hospital

Jah Khalib

Kazakh rapper

*September 29th, 1993, Almaty

Michelle Bachelet

President of Chile

*September 29th, 1951, La Cisterna

Miguel de Unamuno

Spanish poet

*September 29th, 1864, Bilbao †December 31st, 1936, Salamanca

Matthias Mangiapane

*September 29th, 1983, Langen

Zachary Levi

American actor

*September 29th, 1980, Lake Charles

Halsey

American singer-songwriter (born 1994)

*September 29th, 1994, Edison

Mackenzie Crook

British actor, director, comedian and writer

*September 29th, 1971, Maidstone

Rainer Weiss

American physicist

*September 29th, 1932, Berlin

Rune Jarstein

Norwegian association football player

*September 29th, 1984, Porsgrunn

Trevor Howard

English film, stage and television actor (1913–1988)

*September 29th, 1913, Cliftonville †January 7th, 1988, Bushey

Alfie Boe

English actor and singer

*September 29th, 1973, Blackpool

Same year
Born in 1566

James VI and I

King of Scotland (1566–1625), England and Ireland (1603–25)

*June 19th, 1566, Edinburgh †March 27th, 1625, Theobalds House

Mehmed III

13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1595 to 1603

*May 26th, 1566, Manisa †December 22nd, 1603, Constantinople

Isabel Clara Eugenia of Spain

Infanta of Spain, Archduchess of Austria (1566-1633)

*October 12th, 1566, Palace of Valsain †December 1st, 1633, Brussels metropolitan area

Sigismund III Vasa

King of Poland, Grand Duke of Lithuania and king of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth from 1587 until 1632 and King of Sweden from 1592 until 1599

*June 20th, 1566, Gripsholm Castle †April 30th, 1632, Warsaw

Anna von Kettler

(1567-1617)

*November 30th, 1566, Jelgava †September 19th, 1617, Tykocin

Francesco Contarini

Doge of Venice

*November 28th, 1566, Venice †December 6th, 1624, Venice

Magdalena de Pazzi

Italian Carmelite mystic and saint (1566-1607)

*April 2nd, 1566, Florence †May 25th, 1607, Florence

Jan Jesenius

Czech philosopher, doctor, politician and science writer (1566-1621)

*December 27th, 1566, Wrocław †June 21st, 1621, Old Town Square

Carlo Gesualdo

Italian prince, composer and murderer (1566–1613)

*March 8th, 1566, Venosa †September 8th, 1613, Gesualdo

Julien Perrichon

French composer

*November 6th, 1566, Paris †January 1st, 1600, Paris

Maria of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duchess Consort of Saxe-Lauenburg (1566-1626)

*January 13th, 1566, Schladen †August 13th, 1626, Lauenburg/Elbe

Giuseppe Biancani

Italian mathematician and selenographer

*March 8th, 1566, Bologna †June 7th, 1624, Parma

John Heminges

English actor

*November 25th, 1566, Droitwich Spa †October 10th, 1630, London

Daniel Colonius

Dutch theologian

*September 27th, 1566, Ghent †August 16th, 1635, Leiden

Edward Alleyn

English actor (1566–1626)

*September 1st, 1566, City of London †November 25th, 1626, London

Alessandro Piccinini

Italian lutenist and composer

*December 30th, 1566, Bologna †November 30th, 1637, Bologna

Marie of the Incarnation

French Discalced Carmelite beatified nun

*February 1st, 1566, Tours †April 18th, 1618, Pontoise

Philipp Uffenbach

German artist (1566-1636)

*January 15th, 1566, Frankfurt †April 6th, 1636, Frankfurt

Bartholomäus Anhorn der Ältere

Swiss historian

*July 1st, 1566, Fläsch †January 29th, 1642, Gais

Anna Juliana Gonzaga

Italian-born Archduchess of Austria and Religious Sister

*January 17th, 1566, Mantua †August 3rd, 1621, Innsbruck

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on September 29th

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

The Archangels Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael. One of the four quarter days in the Irish calendar. (England and Ireland). Called Michaelmas in some western liturgical traditions.

Christian feast dayen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archangel

Inventors' Day (Argentina)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inventors'_Day

Victory of Boquerón Day (Paraguay)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Paraguay

World Heart Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Heart_Federation

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.IX.MDLXVI

29.9.1566

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1566 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
September 1566

September 1566

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