October 29th, 1632

Born on October 29th, 1632

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 2007

Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

October 29th, 2013

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

October 29th, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

October 29th, 1999

About 10,000 people died when the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near Bhubaneswar.

October 29th, 1998

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

October 29th, 1991

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

October 29th, 1986

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

October 29th, 1960

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

October 29th, 1956

Following the nationalisation of the Egypt's Suez Canal, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom invaded the Sinai Peninsula.

October 29th, 1955

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

October 29th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

October 29th, 1868

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

October 29th, 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

October 29th, 1831

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

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

Same year
Born in 1632

72

John Locke

English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

*August 29th, 1632, Wrington †October 28th, 1704, High Laver

44

Benedictus de Spinoza

Dutch philosopher (1632–1677)

*November 24th, 1632, Amsterdam †February 21st, 1677, The Hague

54

Jean-Baptiste Lully

Italian-born French composer (1632–1687)

*November 28th, 1632, Florence †March 22nd, 1687, Paris

90

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists

*October 24th, 1632, Delft †August 26th, 1723, Delft

62

Samuel von Pufendorf

German philosopher

*January 8th, 1632, Dorfchemnitz †October 26th, 1694, Berlin

74

Kaspar von Stieler

Poet (1632-1707)

*August 2nd, 1632, Erfurt †June 24th, 1707, Jena

77

Esprit Fléchier

French Catholic bishop, preacher and writer

*June 10th, 1632, Pernes-les-Fontaines †February 16th, 1710, Montpellier

57

Michael I Apafi

Hungarian Prince of Transylvania (1632-1690)

*November 3rd, 1632, Gherla †April 15th, 1690, Făgăraș

79

John Houblon

First Governor of the Bank of England,; (1632-1712

*March 13th, 1632, London †January 10th, 1712, London

43

George III, Landgrave of Hesse-Itter

Landgrave of Hesse-Itter from 1661 to 1676

*September 29th, 1632, Darmstadt †July 19th, 1676, Hof Lauterbach

6

Francis Hyacinth of Savoy

Duke of Savoy

*September 14th, 1632, Turin †October 4th, 1638, Turin

18

Simon Philip, Count of Lippe

Count of Lippe-Detmold (1632-1650)

*April 6th, 1632, Detmold †June 19th, 1650, Florence

70

Johann Georg Graevius

German academic

*January 29th, 1632, Naumburg †January 11th, 1703, Utrecht

32

Katherine Philips

Anglo-Welsh poet and translator (1632–1664)

*January 1st, 1632, London †June 22nd, 1664, London

85

Wang Hui

Chinese painter (1632-1717)

*January 1st, 1632, Changshu †January 1st, 1717, Changshu

42

Claude Lefèbvre

French painter and engraver (1632-1675)

*September 12th, 1632, Fontainebleau †April 25th, 1675, Paris

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Leap year

Yes: 1632 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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