September 29th, 1621

Born on September 29th, 1621

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 147,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 194 days, exactly on December 15th, 2026, people who were born on September 29th, 1621 will be 148,000 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 1621

73

Jean de La Fontaine

French poet, fabulist and writer (1621–1695)

*July 8th, 1621, Château-Thierry †April 13th, 1695, Paris

65

Louis, Grand Condé

Prince of the Condé branch of the House of Bourbon, French general and famous military leader

*September 8th, 1621, Paris †December 11th, 1686, Fontainebleau

57

Andrew Marvell

English poet and politician (1621–1678)

*March 31st, 1621, Winestead †August 16th, 1678, London

54

Thomas Willis

English physician (1621-1675)

*January 27th, 1621, Great Bedwyn †November 11th, 1675, London

76

Leonora Christina Ulfeldt

Danish countess

*July 8th, 1621, Frederiksborg Palace †March 16th, 1698, Maribo

71

Jan Andrzej Morsztyn

Polish poet (1621–1693)

*June 24th, 1621, Raciborsko †January 8th, 1693, Paris

47

Willem van der Zaan

Dutch admiral

*June 29th, 1621, Amsterdam †March 17th, 1669, Cape Three Forks

49

Petar Zrinski

Croatian military commander

*June 6th, 1621, Vrbovec †April 30th, 1671, Wiener Neustadt

17

Sibylla Schwarz

German poet

*February 14th, 1621, Greifswald †July 31st, 1638, Greifswald

71

Rutger von Ascheberg

Swedish noble (1621-1693)

*June 2nd, 1621, Perbohnen †April 17th, 1693, Gothenburg

28

Isaac van Ostade

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1621-1649)

*June 2nd, 1621, Haarlem †October 16th, 1649, Haarlem

60

Georg Neumark

German poet and composer of hymns (1621-1681)

*March 16th, 1621, Bad Langensalza †July 8th, 1681, Weimar

61

Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and founder of the Whig party (1621-1683)

*July 22nd, 1621, Dorset †January 21st, 1683, Amsterdam

49

William Penn

English admiral and politician (1621-1670)

*April 23rd, 1621, Bristol †September 16th, 1670, Walthamstow

35

David Beck

Dutch portrait painter (1621-1656)

*May 25th, 1621, Delft †December 6th, 1656, The Hague

55

Ernst Friedrich Schröter

Germman law academic

*January 1st, 1621, Jena †January 1st, 1676, Jena

68

Caspar Ziegler

German jurist, poet and composer (1621-1690)

*September 15th, 1621, Leipzig †April 17th, 1690, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

56

Daniel Lüdemann

German theologian

*April 10th, 1621, Pasewalk †September 20th, 1677, Stade

54

Jacques Courtois

French painter (1621-1676)

*February 12th, 1621, Saint-Hippolyte †January 1st, 1676, Rome

60

Heneage Finch, 1st Earl of Nottingham

English politician

*December 23rd, 1621, Eastwell †December 18th, 1682, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1621 is a normal year and no leap year.

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