March 29th, 1586

Born on March 29th, 1586

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on March 29th?

March 29th, 1968

The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, began in Moscow with tens of thousands of people in attendance.

March 29th, 2017

British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

March 29th, 2010

Islamist separatists of the Caucasus Emirate detonated two bombs on the Moscow Metro, killing 40 people and injuring 102 others.

March 29th, 1982

Queen Elizabeth II granted royal assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended any remaining constitutional dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as patriation.

March 29th, 1981

Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen jointly won the Men's Elite Race and Joyce Smith won the Women's Elite Race in the inaugural London Marathon.

March 29th, 1975

Jeff Beck released Blow by Blow, his most successful album in the U.S., reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.

March 29th, 1974

NASA's Mariner 10 (pictured) became the first space probe to make a flyby of Mercury.

March 29th, 1969

The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was formed.

March 29th, 1951

The King and I, a musical about Mongkut of Siam by Rodgers and Hammerstein, premiered on Broadway.

March 29th, 1941

Second World War: British and Australian ships defeated Italian Regia Marina vessels at the Battle of Cape Matapan.

March 29th, 1882

The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

March 29th, 1865

American Civil War: The Appomattox campaign opened with the Battle of Lewis's Farm, in which the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was forced into a series of retreats that would culminate in their surrender.

March 29th, 1807

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Vesta, the brightest asteroid and second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.

March 29th, 1800

William Matthews was ordained as the first Catholic priest born in British America.

March 29th, 1461

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Towton, allowing Edward IV to secure the English throne.

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

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

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

98

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

*March 29th, 1911, Cologne †January 1st, 2010, Norwich

69

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

25

Sulli

South Korean singer and actress (1994-2019)

*March 29th, 1994, Haeundae District †October 14th, 2019, Sujeong-su

57

Michel Hazanavicius

French film director, producer and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1967, Paris

37

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

*March 29th, 1987, Saint-Pierre

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

*March 29th, 1918, Kingfisher †April 5th, 1992, Little Rock

64

Annabella Sciorra

American actress

*March 29th, 1960, Brooklyn

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

67

Hanna Reitsch

German aviator

*March 29th, 1912, Jelenia Góra †August 24th, 1979, Frankfurt

63

Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Baron Fairfax of Cameron

English politician and general (1584-1648)

*March 29th, 1584, Yorkshire †March 14th, 1648

59

Antonio Teodoro Ortells

Spanish composer (1647-1706)

*March 29th, 1647, Rubielos de Mora †November 4th, 1706, Valencia

78

Jean Leclerc

Genevan theologian and biblical scholar (1657-1736)

*March 29th, 1657, Geneva †January 8th, 1736, Amsterdam

55

Lucy Lawless

New Zealand actress

*March 29th, 1969, Mount Albert

80

Nana Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic of Ghana

*March 29th, 1944, Accra

Same year
Born in 1586

44

Johann Hermann Schein

German composer

*January 20th, 1586, Grünhain †November 19th, 1630, Leipzig

48

Francisco de Moncada, 3rd Marquis of Aitona

Spanish noble and writer

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

83

Niccolò Zucchi

Itlain Jesuit astronomer and physicist

*December 6th, 1586, Parma †May 21st, 1670, Rome

70

Gabriel Bengtsson Oxenstierna

Swedish politician

*June 18th, 1586, Lindholmen Castle †December 12th, 1656, Edsberg Castle

61

Thomas Hooker

Puritan minister (1586-1647)

*July 5th, 1586, Leicestershire †July 7th, 1647, Hartford

31

Rose of Lima

Dominican saint from Peru

*April 20th, 1586, Lima †August 24th, 1617, Lima

60

Dorothea von Ahlefeldt

(1586-1647)

*August 4th, 1586, Schloss Heiligenstedten †January 23rd, 1647

59

Lucas Cranach III.

German painter (1586-1645)

*March 6th, 1586, Lutherstadt Wittenberg †September 15th, 1645, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

73

Jodelet

French actor

*September 11th, 1586, Angers †March 26th, 1660, Paris

69

Georg Calixtus

German Lutheran theologian (1586-1656)

*December 14th, 1586, Medelby †March 19th, 1656, Helmstedt

54

Balthasar Walther

University teacher and philologist (1586-1640)

*May 1st, 1586, Allendorf †November 15th, 1640, Brunswick

46

John George II Fuchs von Dornheim

Prince-Bishop of Bamberg

*April 23rd, 1586, Wiesentheid †March 29th, 1633, Spital am Pyhrn

67

Paris von Lodron

Archbishop of Salzburg (1586-1653)

*February 13th, 1586, Castelnuovo di Noarna †December 15th, 1653, Salzburg

67

Johannes Valentinus Andreae

German writer, mathematician and theologian (rosicrucian)

*August 17th, 1586, Herrenberg †June 27th, 1654, Stuttgart

26

Francesco IV Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Duke of Mantua and Montferrat (1586-1612)

*May 7th, 1586, Mantua †December 22nd, 1612, Mantua

63

Martin Rinkart

German clergyman and hymnist

*April 23rd, 1586, Eilenburg †December 8th, 1649, Eilenburg

43

Marco Antonio Bassetti

Italian painter (1586-1630)

*January 17th, 1586, Verona †January 1st, 1630, Verona

79

Paul Siefert

German composer and organist (1586-1666)

*May 23rd, 1586, Gdańsk †May 6th, 1666, Gdańsk

68

Giovanni de Galliano Pieroni

Italian mathematician and astrologer (1586-1654)

*January 1st, 1586, Florence †January 1st, 1654, Vienna

52

John Ford

English Caroline dramatist and poet

*April 17th, 1586, Devon †November 30th, 1638, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1586 is a normal year and no leap year.

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