August 29th, 1582

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Born on August 29th, 1582 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on August 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on August 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (August 1582)

Born on August 29th, 1582

Weekday

Sunday

August 29th, 1582 was a Sunday.

Age

441

People born on August 29th, 1582 will turn 442 this year (2024), in exactly 131 days .

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

August 24th, 1582 - September 23rd, 1582

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 161,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 693 days, exactly on March 14th, 2026, people who were born on August 29th, 1582 will be 162,000 days old!

161,307 Days

23,043 Weeks

5,299 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 29th, 2007

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

August 29th, 1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

August 29th, 1991

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

August 29th, 1984

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

August 29th, 1960

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

August 29th, 1959

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

August 29th, 1930

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

August 29th, 1916

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

August 29th, 1911

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

August 29th, 1903

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

August 29th, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

August 29th, 1842

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

August 29th, 1831

Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.

August 29th, 1786

Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against the U.S. federal government.

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

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

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

John Locke

English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

*August 29th, 1632, Wrington †October 28th, 1704, High Laver

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780-1867)

*August 29th, 1780, Montauban †January 14th, 1867, Paris

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

Jean-Baptiste Colbert

French statesman (1619-1683)

*August 29th, 1619, Reims †September 6th, 1683, Paris

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

Liam Pane

English singer

*August 29th, 1993, Wolverhampton

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)

*August 29th, 1862, Ghent †May 6th, 1949, Nice

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Argentinian politician

*August 29th, 1810, San Miguel de Tucumán †June 19th, 1884, Neuilly-sur-Seine

Toyotomi Hideyori

Japanese samurai (1593-1615)

*August 29th, 1593, Osaka Castle †June 4th, 1615, Osaka Castle

Same year
Born in 1582

Taichang Emperor

15th Emperor of the Ming dynasty

*August 28th, 1582, Beijing †September 26th, 1620, Beijing

Heinrich Höpfner

German theologian

*November 29th, 1582, Leipzig †January 10th, 1642, Leipzig

François Maynard

French writer

*November 21st, 1582, Toulouse †December 23rd, 1646, Aurillac

John Frederick, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg (1582-1628)

*May 5th, 1582, Montbéliard †July 18th, 1628, Heidenheim an der Brenz

Marco da Gagliano

Italian composer

*May 1st, 1582, Florence †February 25th, 1643, Florence

John Barclay

Scottish writer

*January 28th, 1582, Pont-à-Mousson †August 15th, 1621, Rome

Arnold Engelbrecht

*December 15th, 1582, Wernigerode †August 20th, 1638, Bad Wildungen

Anton Nesen

*December 6th, 1582, Schlangen †June 25th, 1640

Giovanni Lanfranco

Italian painter (1582-1647)

*January 26th, 1582, Parma †November 30th, 1647, Rome

George, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Founder of the House of Hanover

*February 17th, 1582, Celle †April 2nd, 1641, Hildesheim

Albrecht Günther, Count of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

German aristocrat

*August 8th, 1582, Rudolstadt †January 20th, 1634, Erfurt

Hans Meinhard von Schönberg

Military commander (1582-1616)

*August 28th, 1582, Bacharach †August 3rd, 1616, Heidelberg

Charles VII of Hohenlohe-Neuenstein

German prince

*November 14th, 1582, Langenburg †October 11th, 1641, Regensburg

Dmitry of Uglich

Russian tsarevich (1582–1591)

*October 19th, 1582, Moscow †May 15th, 1591, Uglich

Mario Bettinus

Italian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher

*February 6th, 1582, Bologna †November 7th, 1657, Bologna

Magdalene of Brandenburg

Landgravine consort of Hesse-Darmstadt

*January 7th, 1582, Berlin †May 4th, 1616, Darmstadt

Albrecht Frederik van Brandenburg

(1582-1600)

*April 29th, 1582, Halle (Saale) †December 13th, 1600, Old Cölln

Humilis of Bisignano

Christian saint

*August 26th, 1582, Bisignano †November 26th, 1637, Bisignano

John Matthew Rispoli

Maltese philosopher (1582-1639)

*August 17th, 1582, Senglea †April 6th, 1639, Catania

Severo Bonini

Italian composer and organist

*December 23rd, 1582, Florence †December 5th, 1663, Florence

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.VIII.MDLXXXII

29.8.1582

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1582 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1582

August 1582

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September 1582

29. August 1583
29. August 1587
29. August 1592
29. August 1632
29. August 1682
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August 29th, 1582

Born on August 29th, 1582

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♍

Virgo (The Maiden)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 161,000 days old!

161,307 Days

23,043 Weeks

5,299 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on August 29th?

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.

Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against the U.S. federal government.

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

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

Same year Born in 1582

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 29th

Adelphus of Metz

Beheading of St. John the Baptist

Eadwold of Cerne

Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)

John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)

Sabina

Vitalis, Sator and Repositus

August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

International Day against Nuclear Tests

Miners' Day (Ukraine)

Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine)

Municipal Police Day (Poland)

National Sports Day (India)

Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)

Telugu Language Day (India)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.8.1582

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 161,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1582

Calendar
August 1582

w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
30							1
31	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
32	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
33	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
34	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
35	30	31