May 29th, 1633

Born on May 29th, 1633

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What happened on May 29th?

May 29th, 1999

President Olusegun Obasanjo took office as Nigeria's first elected and civilian head of state after 16 years of military dictatorship.

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 The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky (pictured) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a near-riot in the audience.

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.

May 29th, 2015

One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.

May 29th, 2012

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 29th?

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

46

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

*May 29th, 1917, Brookline †November 22nd, 1963, Parkland Memorial Hospital

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

54

Charles II of England

British monarch from 1660 to 1685

*May 29th, 1630, London †February 6th, 1685, London

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

*May 29th, 1921, Spokane †April 15th, 2017, Gladstone

63

Patrick Henry

Attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States (1736-1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Brookneal

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

41

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

40

Sandra Marinello

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1983, Duisburg

33

Sherida Spitse

Dutch footballer

*May 29th, 1990, Sneek

31

Anastasiya Chernyavskaya

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1992, Minsk

30

Millicent Wiranto

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1993, Medan

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

28

Natalia Rogova

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1995, Moscow

27

Chamika Karunaratne

Cricketer and badminton player

*May 29th, 1996, Colombo

23

Xia Yuting

Chinese badminton player

*May 29th, 2000, Jiangsu

34

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

48

Melanie Brown

British singer, actress and television personality

*May 29th, 1975, Harehills

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73

Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban

French military engineer

*April 30th, 1633, Saint-Léger-Vauban †March 30th, 1707, Paris

70

Samuel Pepys

English diarist and administrator (1633–1703)

*February 23rd, 1633, City of London †May 26th, 1703, Clapham

67

James II of England

King of England, Scotland, and Ireland (1633–1701)

*October 14th, 1633, London †September 5th, 1701, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

32

Abbas II of Persia

Safavid Shah of Iran (1632-1666, r. 1642-1666)

*December 20th, 1633, Qazvin †October 26th, 1666, Damghan

25

Willem Drost

Dutch painter (1633–1659)

*April 19th, 1633, Amsterdam †February 25th, 1659, Venice

34

Jean de Thévenot

French explorer

*June 16th, 1633, Paris †November 28th, 1667, Mianeh

81

Alessandro Marchetti

Italian mathematician and writer (1633-1714)

*March 17th, 1633, Empoli †September 6th, 1714, Pisa

69

Jan de Baen

Dutch painter (1633-1702)

*February 20th, 1633, Haarlem †February 28th, 1702, The Hague

61

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

English politician (1633-1695)

*November 11th, 1633, Yorkshire †April 5th, 1695, London

58

Johannes Zollikofer

Swiss vicar (1633-1692)

*December 29th, 1633, St. Gallen †April 23rd, 1692, Herisau

21

Go-Kōmyō

Emperor of Japan

*April 20th, 1633, Kyoto †October 30th, 1654, Kyoto

78

Philippus van Limborch

Dutch theologian

*June 19th, 1633, Amsterdam †April 30th, 1712, Amsterdam

20

Ferdinand IV, King of the Romans

King of Bohemia, Hungary, Croatia, and the Romans (1633-1654)

*September 8th, 1633, Vienna †July 9th, 1654, Vienna

71

Paolo Boccone

Italian Botanist (1633-1704)

*April 24th, 1633, Palermo †December 22nd, 1704, Altofonte

76

Martin Hanke

German historian

*February 15th, 1633, Borna †April 20th, 1709, Wrocław

88

Gerhard Wolter Molanus

German theologian

*November 1st, 1633, Hamelin †September 7th, 1722, Hanover

38

Franz Joachim Burmeister

German Protestant hymnwriter

*October 29th, 1633, Lüneburg †April 21st, 1672, Lüneburg

81

Bernardi Ramazzini

Italian malariologist (1633-1714)

*November 3rd, 1633, Carpi †November 5th, 1714, Padua

68

Laurentius von Schnifis

Austrian composer and author (1633-1702)

*August 24th, 1633, Schnifis †January 7th, 1702, Constance

66

Andreas Tamitius

Organ builder

*August 13th, 1633, Döhlen †January 1st, 1700, Dresden

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1633 is a normal year and no leap year.

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