May 29th, 1671

Born on May 29th, 1671

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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

38

Ngemba Evans Obi

Footballer

*May 29th, 1985, Owerri

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57

John Law

Scottish economist and banker (1671-1729)

*April 21st, 1671, Edinburgh †March 21st, 1729, Venice

79

Tomaso Albinoni

Italian composer and violinist (1671–1751)

*June 8th, 1671, Venice †January 17th, 1751, Venice

68

Adalbert von Falkenstein

German priest

*January 17th, 1671, Freiburg im Breisgau †September 27th, 1739, Timișoara

46

Johann Burchard Freystein

German hymnwriter

*April 18th, 1671, Weißenfels †April 1st, 1718, Dresden

75

Gabriel de Gabrieli

Swiss architect

*December 18th, 1671, Roveredo †March 21st, 1747, Eichstätt

75

Franz Conrad Romanus

German politician (1671-1746)

*March 7th, 1671, Leipzig †May 14th, 1746, Königstein Fortress

51

Joseph Clemens of Bavaria

Duke, Roman Catholic archbishop (1671-1723)

*December 5th, 1671, Munich †November 12th, 1723, Bonn

86

Colley Cibber

British poet laureate (1671–1757)

*November 6th, 1671, London †December 11th, 1757, London

70

Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von Sinzendorf

Sinzend, Philipp Ludwig Wenzel von (1671-1742)

*December 26th, 1671, Vienna †February 8th, 1742, Vienna

55

Christiane Eberhardine of Brandenburg-Bayreuth

Queen of Poland

*December 19th, 1671, Bayreuth †September 4th, 1727, Pretzsch (Elbe)

59

John Wentworth

Lieutenant Governor for the Province of New Hampshire

*January 16th, 1671, Portsmouth †December 12th, 1730

59

Frederick IV of Denmark

King of Denmark and Norway

*October 11th, 1671, Copenhagen Castle †October 12th, 1730, Odense Palace

79

Michele Rocca

Italian painter (1671-1752)

*January 1st, 1671, Parma †November 30th, 1750, Venice

41

Anthony Ashley-Cooper, 3rd Earl of Shaftesbury

English politician and Earl (1671-1713)

*February 26th, 1671, London †February 4th, 1713, Naples

85

Erdmann Neumeister

German theologian and hymnwriter

*May 12th, 1671, Uichteritz †August 18th, 1756, Hamburg

49

Johann Christoph Bach III

Organist in Ohrdruf

*June 16th, 1671, Erfurt †February 22nd, 1721, Ohrdruf

61

Bogislaus Bodo von Flemming

(1671-1732)

*April 24th, 1671, Stargard †October 14th, 1732, Świerzno, West Pomeranian Voivodeship

63

Louis Rudolph, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg

Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (1671-1735)

*July 22nd, 1671, Wolfenbüttel †March 1st, 1735, Brunswick

49

John Keill

Scottish mathematician

*December 1st, 1671, Edinburgh †August 31st, 1721, Oxford

66

Gian Gastone de' Medici

Last Medici Grand Duke of Tuscany (1671-1737)

*April 24th, 1671, Florence †July 9th, 1737, Florence

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1671 is a normal year and no leap year.

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