August 29th, 1675

Born on August 29th, 1675

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 127,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 654 days, exactly on February 10th, 2026, people who were born on August 29th, 1675 will be 128,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing 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.

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.

August 29th, 1786

Farmers in western Massachusetts angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement began an armed uprising led by Daniel Shays against the U.S. federal government.

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

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

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

72

John Locke

English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

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

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

86

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780-1867)

*August 29th, 1780, Montauban †January 14th, 1867, Paris

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

30

Liam Pane

English singer

*August 29th, 1993, Wolverhampton

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

86

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)

*August 29th, 1862, Ghent †May 6th, 1949, Nice

52

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

89

Richard Challoner

Roman Catholic bishop (1691-1781)

*August 29th, 1691, Lewes †January 12th, 1781, London

73

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Argentinian politician

*August 29th, 1810, San Miguel de Tucumán †June 19th, 1884, Neuilly-sur-Seine

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

86

Léon Cogniet

French painter (1794-1880)

*August 29th, 1794, Paris †November 20th, 1880, 10th arrondissement of Paris

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Born in 1675

83

Benedict XIV

Catholic pope from 1740 to 1758

*March 31st, 1675, Bologna †May 3rd, 1758, Rome

53

Samuel Clarke

English philosopher and clergyman (*1675 – †1729)

*October 11th, 1675, Norwich †May 17th, 1729, London

80

Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon

French writer

*January 16th, 1675, Paris †March 2nd, 1755, Paris

81

Rosalba Carriera

Rococo portrait painter (1673-1757)

*October 7th, 1675, Venice †April 15th, 1757, Venice

75

Paul Dudley

Colonial Massachusetts attorney general and chief justice

*September 3rd, 1675, Roxbury †January 25th, 1751, Roxbury

61

Vakhtang VI of Kartli

King of Kartli

*September 15th, 1675, Tbilisi †March 26th, 1737, Astrakhan

69

Heinrich Klausing

German mathematician, astronomer and theologian (1675-1745)

*December 28th, 1675, Herford †October 2nd, 1745, Leipzig

67

Evaristo Felice Dall'Abaco

Italian composer and violinist

*July 12th, 1675, Verona †July 12th, 1742, Munich

34

Higashiyama

Emperor of Japan (1675-1710)

*October 21st, 1675, Kyoto †January 16th, 1710, Kyoto

69

Johann Ignaz Egedacher

Organ builder

*January 1st, 1675, Salzburg †June 19th, 1744, Passau

74

Franz Xaver Josef von Unertl

Bavarian politician (1675-1750)

*February 21st, 1675, Munich †January 22nd, 1750, Munich

47

Johann Daniel Herrnschmidt

German theologian

*April 11th, 1675, Bopfingen †February 5th, 1723, Halle (Saale)

58

James Thornhill

British painter (1675-1734)

*July 25th, 1675, Melcombe Regis †May 4th, 1734, Weymouth

58

Duchess Sibylle of Saxe-Lauenburg

German princess (1675-1733)

*January 21st, 1675, Ratzeburg †July 10th, 1733, Ettlingen

89

Caspar König

Organ builder

*November 15th, 1675, Ingolstadt †July 9th, 1765, Ingolstadt

76

Jean Pierre de Caussade

Roman Catholic theologian

*March 7th, 1675, Cahors †December 8th, 1751, Toulouse

61

Pierre Dugué de Boisbriand

Governor of Louisiana

*February 21st, 1675, Montreal †June 7th, 1736, France

56

Johann Cyriak Hackhofer

Austrian painter (1675-1731)

*February 14th, 1675, Veldidena †May 9th, 1731, Vorau

15

John William, Duke of Saxe-Jena

German noble

*March 28th, 1675, Jena †November 4th, 1690, Jena

68

Erik Benzelius the Younger

Swedish archbishop (1675-1743)

*January 27th, 1675, Uppsala †September 23rd, 1743, Linköping

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1675 is a normal year and no leap year.

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