August 29th, 1661

Born on August 29th, 1661

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 133,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 735 days, exactly on July 16th, 2028, people who were born on August 29th, 1661 will be 134,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 1914

Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.

August 29th, 2007

Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.

August 29th, 1996

Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.

August 29th, 1991

Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.

August 29th, 1984

Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.

August 29th, 1960

Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.

August 29th, 1959

Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.

August 29th, 1930

The last 36 residents of St Kilda, Scotland, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its natural and cultural qualities, voluntarily evacuated to Morvern.

August 29th, 1916

Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.

August 29th, 1911

The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.

August 29th, 1903

Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.

August 29th, 1885

Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen (replica pictured).

August 29th, 1842

Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.

August 29th, 1831

Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.

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

Same year
Born in 1661

51

Jahandar Shah

Mughal emperor (1661-1713)

*May 9th, 1661, Deccan Plateau †February 12th, 1713, Delhi

60

Antoine Coypel

French painter (1661-1722)

*April 11th, 1661, Paris †January 7th, 1722, Paris

48

Johann Georg Neumann

German historian and theologian (1661-1709)

*May 1st, 1661, Mörz (Planetal) †September 5th, 1709, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

85

Johann Matthias von der Schulenburg

German art collector (1661-1747)

*August 8th, 1661, Emden †March 14th, 1747, Verona

46

Georg Pasch

German theologian

*September 23rd, 1661, Gdańsk †September 30th, 1707, Kiel

54

Madre Vitória da Encarnação

Catholic religious woman of the order of the Poor Clares, 17th century, born in Salvador, Bahia

*March 6th, 1661, Salvador †July 19th, 1715, Salvador

45

Georg Joseph Kamel

Czech pharmacist, botanist and missionary (1661-1706)

*April 21st, 1661, Brno †May 2nd, 1706, Manila

69

Paul Anton

German author and theologian

*February 12th, 1661, Hirschfelde †October 20th, 1730, Halle (Saale)

82

Alexandre-François Desportes

French painter (1661–1743)

*February 24th, 1661, Champigneulles †April 20th, 1743, Paris

81

Melchior de Polignac

French diplomat and cardinal (1661-1742)

*October 11th, 1661, Lavoûte-sur-Loire †November 20th, 1742, Paris

58

Erdmuthe Dorothea of Saxe-Zeitz

Consort of Duke Christian II of Saxe-Merseburg

*November 13th, 1661, Naumburg †April 29th, 1720, Merseburg

44

Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville

French soldier, ship captain, explorer, and founder of Louisiana (1661-1706)

*July 16th, 1661, Montreal †July 9th, 1706, Havana

70

Antonio I, Prince of Monaco

Monegasque prince (1661-1731)

*January 25th, 1661, Paris †February 20th, 1731, Monaco

45

Takarai Kikaku

Japanese poet

*August 11th, 1661, Edo †April 1st, 1707, Edo

80

Charles Rollin

French historian and educator (1661–1741)

*January 30th, 1661, Paris †September 14th, 1741, Paris

64

Paul de Rapin

French historian

*March 25th, 1661, Castres †April 25th, 1725, Wesel

58

Sukjong of Joseon

19th King of Joseon Dynasty in Korean history

*August 15th, 1661, Changdeokgung †June 8th, 1720, Gyeonghuigung

77

Christian Wermuth

German medallist

*December 16th, 1661, Altenburg †December 3rd, 1739, Gotha

62

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Earl Mortimer

English politician (1661-1724)

*December 5th, 1661, London †May 21st, 1724, London

89

Christopher Polhem

Swedish inventor (1661-1751)

*December 18th, 1661, Tingstäde †August 30th, 1751, Stockholm

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on August 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1661 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
August 1661