October 29th, 1684

Born on October 29th, 1684

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 124,000 days old!

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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 1684

43

Catherine I of Russia

The first Empress of Russia from 1725 to 1727

*April 5th, 1684, Krustpils †May 6th, 1727, Saint Petersburg

69

Ludvig Holberg

Danish-Norwegian writer, philosopher and historian (1684–1754)

*December 3rd, 1684, Bergen †January 28th, 1754, Copenhagen

71

Francesco Durante

Italian composer

*March 31st, 1684, Frattamaggiore †September 30th, 1755, Naples

35

Maria Barbara Bach

First wife of composer Johann Sebastian Bach

*October 20th, 1684, Gehren †July 7th, 1720, Köthen

66

Tokugawa Yoshimune

Japanese shogun (1684-1751)

*November 27th, 1684, Wakayama †July 12th, 1751

68

Johann Ludwig Kübel

German politician (1684-1753)

*September 21st, 1684, Heilbronn †September 7th, 1753, Heilbronn

79

Marco Benefial

Italian painter (1684-1764)

*April 25th, 1684, Rome †April 9th, 1764, Rome

67

Sophie of Saxe-Weissenfels

2 Aug 1684 - 6 May 1752

*August 2nd, 1684, Weißenfels †May 6th, 1752, Slezské Rudoltice

60

Wilhelmine von Grävenitz

German noblewoman, favorite and royal mistress of Duke Eberhard Ludwig of Württemberg

*January 1st, 1684, Schwerin †October 21st, 1744, Berlin

65

Georg Engelhard Schröder

Swedish artist (1684-1750)

*May 31st, 1684, Stockholm †May 17th, 1750, Stockholm

82

Sante Veronese

Italian cardinal

*March 4th, 1684, Venice †February 1st, 1767, Padua

67

Samuel von Schmettau

Prussian field marshal

*March 24th, 1684, Berlin †August 18th, 1751, Berlin

65

Matthias Bel

Slovak and Hungarian poet, philosopher, geographer, educator, writer and scientist (1684-1749)

*March 22nd, 1684, Očová †August 29th, 1749, Bratislava

53

Francisco Solano de Luque

Researcher

*November 10th, 1684, Montilla †March 30th, 1738, Antequera

70

Giovanni Biagio Amico

Italian architect and theologian (1684-1754)

*February 3rd, 1684, Trapani †September 3rd, 1754, Trapani

51

Justus van Effen

Dutch writer

*February 21st, 1684, Utrecht †September 18th, 1735, 's-Hertogenbosch

80

William Pulteney, 1st Earl of Bath

English politician (1684-1764)

*March 22nd, 1684, Leicestershire †July 7th, 1764, Madrid

74

Adam Otto von Viereck

German politician (1684-1758)

*March 10th, 1684, Wattmannshagen †July 11th, 1758, Buch

60

Christoph Starke

German theologian

*March 10th, 1684, Bad Freienwalde †December 12th, 1744, Drezdenko

53

Charles Alexander, Duke of Württemberg

Duke of Württemberg from 1733 to 1737

*January 24th, 1684, Stuttgart †March 12th, 1737, Ludwigsburg

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Leap year

Yes: 1684 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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