September 29th, 1606

Born on September 29th, 1606

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 153,000 days old!

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What happened on September 29th?

September 29th, 1964

Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.

September 29th, 2006

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.

September 29th, 2004

Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.

September 29th, 1991

The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.

September 29th, 1990

The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.

September 29th, 1963

The University of East Anglia (coat of arms featured) was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.

September 29th, 1957

An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.

September 29th, 1955

The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).

September 29th, 1954

Willie Mays (pictured) of the New York Giants made The Catch, one of the most famous defensive plays in the history of Major League Baseball.

September 29th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi forces, aided by Ukrainian collaborators, began a massacre of Jews in a ravine in Kyiv, killing more than 30,000 civilians in two days and thousands more in the following months.

September 29th, 1940

During a Royal Australian Air Force training exercise over Brocklesby, two planes collided and interlocked in mid-air (pictured); the pilot of the upper plane was able to land safely using the lower plane's engines.

September 29th, 1923

The Mandate for Palestine came into effect, officially creating the protectorates of Mandatory Palestine under British administration and Transjordan as a separate emirate under King Abdullah I.

September 29th, 1918

World War I: The Battle of St Quentin Canal took place, which led to the British Fourth Army making the first breach of the German defensive Hindenburg Line.

September 29th, 1833

The Spanish American wars of independence ended with the death of King Ferdinand VII, with what had once been the Spanish Empire disintegrating into independent Latin American states.

September 29th, 1724

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael.

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

Same year
Born in 1606

63

Rembrandt

Dutch painter and printmaker (1606–1669)

*July 15th, 1606, Leiden †October 4th, 1669, Amsterdam

78

Pierre Corneille

French tragedian (1606–1684)

*June 6th, 1606, Rouen †October 1st, 1684, Paris

39

Maria Anna of Spain

Wife of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (1606-1646)

*August 18th, 1606, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial †May 13th, 1646, Linz

38

Li Zicheng

Chinese rebel leader in the late Ming-early Qing period (1606–1645)

*September 22nd, 1606, Mizhi County †January 1st, 1645, Tongcheng County

57

Corfitz Ulfeldt

Danish statesman (1606–1664)

*July 10th, 1606, Assens †February 20th, 1664, Basel

71

Christoph Bernhard von Galen

German bishop

*October 12th, 1606, Drensteinfurt †September 19th, 1678, Ahaus

62

William Davenant

English poet and playwright

*January 31st, 1606, Oxford †April 7th, 1668, London

62

Theodoor van Thulden

Painter (1606-1669)

*August 9th, 1606, 's-Hertogenbosch †July 12th, 1669, 's-Hertogenbosch

55

Ottavio Amigoni

Italian painter (1606-1661)

*October 16th, 1606, Brescia †October 28th, 1661, Brescia

67

Pieter de Jode II

Engraver, painter (1606-1674)

*November 22nd, 1606, Antwerp †January 1st, 1674, England

88

Georg von Derfflinger

German general (1606-1695)

*March 20th, 1606, Neuhofen an der Krems †February 4th, 1695, Gusow

57

Christine of France

Duchess of Savoy (1606-1663)

*February 10th, 1606, Louvre Palace †December 27th, 1663, Turin

53

Christoph Althofer

German theologian

*November 9th, 1606, Hersbruck †May 11th, 1660, Kulmbach

75

Hermann Conring

German philosopher (1606-1681)

*November 9th, 1606, Norden †December 12th, 1681, Helmstedt

66

Jeanne Mance

Settler of New France, co-founder of the city of Montreal, Canada

*November 12th, 1606, Langres †June 18th, 1673, Montreal

58

Lorenzo Lippi

Italian painter (1606-1665)

*May 3rd, 1606, Florence †April 14th, 1665, Florence

16

Francis Gonzaga, Duke of Rethel

French aristocrat

*June 17th, 1606, Charleville-Mézières †October 13th, 1622, Charleville-Mézières

86

Marie de Bourbon

Countess of Soissons

*May 3rd, 1606, Paris †June 3rd, 1692, Paris

79

Johann Caspar Bauhin

Swiss physician and botanist (1606-1685)

*March 12th, 1606, Basel †July 14th, 1685, Basel

42

James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Hamilton

Scottish nobleman and leader during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms (1606-1649)

*June 19th, 1606, Hamilton Palace †March 9th, 1649, Old Palace Yard

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1606 is a normal year and no leap year.

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