December 29th, 1571

Born on December 29th, 1571

Age in days, weeks and months
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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?

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

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

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

66

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

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

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

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

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

89

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

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

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

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

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

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

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

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

74

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

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

33

Sofiane Hanni

Algerian and French footballer

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

90

Inga Swenson

American actress

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

48

Francisco de Moncada, 3rd Marquis of Aitona

Spanish noble and writer

*December 29th, 1586, Valencia †August 17th, 1635, Goch

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58

Johannes Kepler

German mathematician and astronomer (1571–1630)

*December 27th, 1571, Weil der Stadt †November 15th, 1630, Regensburg

38

Caravaggio

Italian painter (1571–1610)

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

59

John Donne

English poet and cleric (1572–1631)

*November 30th, 1571, London †March 31st, 1631, London

60

Thomas Dekker

English dramatist and pamphleteer

*November 30th, 1571, London †August 25th, 1632, London

57

Abbas the Great

Shah of Safavid Iran (1571-1629)

*January 27th, 1571, Herat †January 19th, 1629, Mazandaran Province

80

Tommaso Francini

The elder of Italian French brothers fountain and garden design duo Tommaso and Alessandro Francini

*March 15th, 1571, Florence †April 13th, 1651, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

49

Pietro Aldobrandini

Catholic cardinal (1571-1621)

*March 31st, 1571, Rome †February 10th, 1621, Rome

49

Johannes Fabri

German physician (1571-1620)

*April 1st, 1571, Dußlingen †August 9th, 1620, Tübingen

63

Adriaan Metius

Dutch mathematician and astronomer

*December 9th, 1571, Alkmaar †September 6th, 1635, Franeker

50

Michael Praetorius

German composer, organist, and music theorist

*February 15th, 1571, Creuzburg †February 15th, 1621, Wolfenbüttel

60

Sir Robert Cotton, 1st Baronet, of Connington

English antiquarian (1571-1631)

*January 22nd, 1571, Denton †May 6th, 1631, Westminster

59

Jacob Matham

Engraver from the Northern Netherlands

*October 15th, 1571, Haarlem †January 20th, 1631, Haarlem

69

Charles of Lorraine, duke of Guise

French aristocrat and military commander

*August 2nd, 1571, Joinville †September 30th, 1640, Cuna

62

Caspar Cunradi

German writer (1571-1633)

*October 9th, 1571, Wrocław †November 15th, 1633, Wrocław

67

Jacob van Swanenburgh

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1571-1638)

*April 21st, 1571, Leiden †October 16th, 1638, Utrecht

62

Theodoor Galle

Flemish Baroque engraver

*July 16th, 1571, Antwerp †December 18th, 1633, Antwerp

67

Lucas Osiander the Younger

German theologian

*May 6th, 1571, Stuttgart †August 10th, 1638, Tübingen

50

Charles Bonaventure de Longueval, Count of Bucquoy

Military commander (1571-1621)

*January 9th, 1571, Arras †July 10th, 1621, Neuhäusel

82

Hippolytus Guarinonius

Doctor, scholar and writer

*November 18th, 1571, Trento †May 31st, 1654, Hall in Tirol

66

Anton Henry, Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

Count of Schwarzburg-Sondershausen

*October 7th, 1571, Sondershausen †August 10th, 1638, Sondershausen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1571 is a normal year and no leap year.

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