May 29th, 1594

Born on May 29th, 1594

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What happened on May 29th?

May 29th, 2011

Residents of Portland, Oregon, held a rally called Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an attack against a gay couple holding hands while crossing the Hawthorne Bridge.

May 29th, 1999

Charlotte Perrelli, representing Sweden, won the Eurovision Song Contest, the first edition not to feature an orchestra or live accompaniment.

May 29th, 1954

Diane Leather became the first woman to run a mile in less than five minutes.

May 29th, 1953

The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (both pictured) became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

May 29th, 1942

Bing Crosby recorded his version of the song "White Christmas", which went on to become the best-selling single worldwide, with more than 50 million copies sold.

May 29th, 1918

World War I: Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, halting the Turkish advance and preventing further destruction of the Armenian nation.

May 29th, 1913

During the premiere of the ballet Le Sacre du printemps by Igor Stravinsky at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a near-riot in the audience (report pictured).

May 29th, 1911

English dramatist W. S. Gilbert of the songwriting duo Gilbert and Sullivan died while saving a young woman from drowning in his lake.

May 29th, 1900

N'Djamena, now the capital of Chad, was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil.

May 29th, 1792

The Great Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was disbanded following the Russian invasion of Poland.

May 29th, 1453

With the fall of Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottomans.

May 29th, 1416

A squadron of the Venetian navy captured many Ottoman ships at the Battle of Gallipoli, confirming Venetian naval superiority in the Aegean Sea for the next few decades.

May 29th, 1233

Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols entered and began looting Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty of China, after a 13-month siege.

May 29th, 1176

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Troops of the Lombard League defeated forces of the Holy Roman Empire near Legnano in present-day Italy.

May 29th, 2021

A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.

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

Born on May 29th, 1594

38

Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim

Austrian field marshal

*May 29th, 1594, Treuchtlingen †November 17th, 1632, Leipzig

Same year
Born in 1594

37

Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden

Swedish king (1594–1632; regent 1611–32)

*December 9th, 1594, Stockholm Palace †November 6th, 1632, Lützen

62

Bohdan Khmelnytsky

Ukrainian military, political and statesman, Hetman of the Zaporizhzhya Army, head of Ukraine (1648–1657) during the Hetmanship

*November 30th, 1594, Zhovkva †July 27th, 1657, Chyhyryn

39

Joan Sala i Ferrer

Catalan brigand

*April 23rd, 1594, Viladrau †January 8th, 1634, Barcelona

33

Leonhard II. von Taxis

(1594-1628)

*July 5th, 1594, Brussels metropolitan area †May 23rd, 1628, Prague

64

Carlo Ridolfi

Italian writer and painter (1594-1658)

*April 1st, 1594, Lonigo †September 5th, 1658, Venice

55

Maria Tesselschade Visscher

Dutch poet and engraver (1594-1649)

*March 25th, 1594, Amsterdam †June 20th, 1649, Amsterdam

67

Bernardino Spada

Italian cardinal

*April 21st, 1594, Brisighella †November 10th, 1661, Rome

59

Montdory

French actor

*March 13th, 1594, Thiers †November 10th, 1653, Thiers

56

Charlotte Marguerite de Montmorency

Heiress of one of France's leading ducal families, and Princess of Condé by her marriage to Henry II, Prince of Condé

*May 11th, 1594, Chantilly †December 2nd, 1650, Châtillon-Coligny

63

Olimpia Maidalchini

Italian noble (1594-1657)

*May 26th, 1594, Viterbo †September 26th, 1657, San Martino al Cimino

33

Vincenzo II Gonzaga, Duke of Mantua

Italian Duke and Catholic cardinal; (1594-1627)

*January 7th, 1594, Mantua †December 26th, 1627, Mantua

71

César, Duke of Vendôme

French nobleman

*June 3rd, 1594, Château de Coucy †October 22nd, 1665, Paris

68

Louis Henry, Prince of Nassau-Dillenburg

Military leader in the Thirty Years' War and Count, later Prince, of Nassau-Dillenburg

*January 1st, 1594, Saarbrücken †January 1st, 1662, Dillenburg

66

Ove Gjedde

Danish admiral (1594-1660)

*December 17th, 1594, Tomarps Kungsgård Castle †December 19th, 1660, Copenhagen

32

John Ernest I, Duke of Saxe-Weimar

German duke

*February 21st, 1594, Altenburg †December 6th, 1626, Markt Sankt Martin

44

Martin Neuffer

German jurist (1594-1638)

*January 31st, 1594, Münsingen †July 26th, 1638

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1594 is a normal year and no leap year.

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