August 29th, 1593

Born on August 29th, 1593

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What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 1914

Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw 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 (replica pictured).

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.

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

Born on August 29th, 1593

21

Toyotomi Hideyori

Japanese samurai (1593-1615)

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

Same year
Born in 1593

59

Artemisia Gentileschi

Italian Baroque painter (1593-1651)

*July 8th, 1593, Rome †January 1st, 1653, Naples

38

Mumtaz Mahal

Mughal empress

*April 27th, 1593, Agra †June 17th, 1631, Burhanpur

39

George Herbert

Welsh-born English poet, orator and Anglican priest (1593–1633)

*April 3rd, 1593, Montgomery †March 1st, 1633, Bemerton

77

Agnès Arnauld

French Cistercian abbess

*December 31st, 1593, Paris †February 19th, 1671, Port-Royal-des-Champs

64

Melchior von Hatzfeldt

German count, fieldmarshal

*October 10th, 1593, Castle Crottorf †January 9th, 1658, Powidzko

63

Salomo Glassius

German theologian

*May 21st, 1593, Sondershausen †July 27th, 1656, Gotha

36

Sixtinus Amama

Dutch Reformed theologian and orientalist

*October 13th, 1593, Franeker †November 9th, 1629, Franeker

66

Alain de Solminihac

French bishop

*November 25th, 1593, Saint-Aquilin †December 31st, 1659, Mercuès

59

Samuel Edel

German author and theologian

*June 2nd, 1593, Türkheim †December 1st, 1652, Ulm

65

Abel Servien

French statesman and diplomat

*November 1st, 1593, Grenoble †February 17th, 1659, Meudon

32

Henry de Vere, 18th Earl of Oxford

English aristocrat, courtier and soldier

*February 24th, 1593, London †May 31st, 1625, Antwerp

90

Izaak Walton

English author and biographer (1593-1683)

*August 9th, 1593, Stafford †December 15th, 1683, Winchester

68

Franz Wilhelm von Wartenberg

Catholic cardinal (1593-1661)

*March 1st, 1593, Munich †December 1st, 1661, Regensburg

78

Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet

English politician (1593-1671)

*June 22nd, 1593, Hopton †October 26th, 1671, London

38

Liborius Wagner

German priest

*December 5th, 1593, Mühlhausen †December 9th, 1631, Schloss

67

Cornelis Janssens van Ceulen

Dutch-English painter (1593-1661)

*October 14th, 1593, London †August 5th, 1661, Utrecht

76

Edward Nicholas

17th-century English statesman

*April 4th, 1593, Wiltshire †September 1st, 1669

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1593 is a normal year and no leap year.

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