December 29th, 1602

Born on December 29th, 1602

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 154,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 294 days, exactly on May 15th, 2027, people who were born on December 29th, 1602 will be 155,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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 (aftermath pictured) 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 year
Born in 1602

58

Cardinal Mazarin

French cardinal and statesman

*July 14th, 1602, Pescina †March 9th, 1661, Vincennes

78

Athanasius Kircher

German Jesuit scholar

*May 2nd, 1602, Geisa †November 27th, 1680, Rome

72

Philippe de Champaigne

French painter (1602–1674)

*May 26th, 1602, City of Brussels †August 12th, 1674, Paris

57

Eleonora Ramirez de Montalvo

Spanish poet

*July 6th, 1602, Genoa †August 10th, 1659, Florence

73

Francesco Cavalli

Italian composer (1602–1676)

*February 14th, 1602, Crema †January 14th, 1676, Venice

83

Ana de los Angeles Monteagudo

Peruvian nun

*July 26th, 1602, Arequipa †January 10th, 1686, Arequipa

79

William Lilly

English astrologer (1602–1681)

*May 11th, 1602, Diseworth †June 9th, 1681, Hersham

58

Michelangelo Cerquozzi

Painter from Italy (1602–1660)

*January 1st, 1602, Rome †January 1st, 1660, Rome

66

Algernon Percy, 10th Earl of Northumberland

English noble (1602-1668)

*September 29th, 1602, Ipswich †October 13th, 1668, Dublin

74

Anna Maria Antigó

Catalan nun (1602–1676)

*January 19th, 1602, Perpignan †September 28th, 1676, Perpignan

73

John Lightfoot

English churchman, rabbinical scholar (1602–1675)

*March 29th, 1602, Stoke-on-Trent †December 6th, 1675, Ely

41

William Chillingworth

British churchman (1602-1644)

*October 12th, 1602, Oxford †January 30th, 1644, Chichester

63

Mary of Jesus of Ágreda

Spanish mystic nun

*April 2nd, 1602, Ágreda †May 24th, 1665, Ágreda

49

Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg

Regent of Hesse-Kassel (1602-1651)

*January 29th, 1602, Hanau †August 8th, 1651, Kassel

59

Andreas Kunad

German theologian

*August 5th, 1602, Döbeln †March 15th, 1662, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

61

Jakob Weller

German theologian

*December 5th, 1602, Markneukirchen †July 6th, 1664, Dresden

64

Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland

English politician and poet

*January 24th, 1602, Mereworth †February 12th, 1666

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1602 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1602