June 29th, 1685

Born on June 29th, 1685

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on June 29th?

June 29th, 2003

An overloaded balcony collapsed in Chicago, United States, killing 13 people and injuring 57 others.

June 29th, 1995

Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.

June 29th, 1971

The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression during preparations for reentry, killing Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Viktor Patsayev—the only human deaths to have occurred in space.

June 29th, 1967

Actress Jayne Mansfield (pictured), her boyfriend Sam Brody, and their driver were killed in a car accident outside of New Orleans, while her children Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska Hargitay escaped with only minor injuries.

June 29th, 1950

The United States defeated England during the FIFA World Cup in one of the greatest upsets in the competition's history.

June 29th, 1927

The United States Army Air Corps aircraft Bird of Paradise landed at Wheeler Field on the Hawaiian island of Oahu to complete the first transpacific flight.

June 29th, 1913

More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of American Civil War veterans ever held.

June 29th, 1889

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest city by area in the United States and the second-largest by population.

June 29th, 1864

A passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, killing as many as 99 people and injuring 100 others in Canada's worst railway accident.

June 29th, 1776

The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, was fought near Cape May, New Jersey.

June 29th, 1764

One of the strongest tornadoes in history struck Woldegk in present-day northeastern Germany, killing one person.

June 29th, 1613

The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the roof.

June 29th, 2020

Reddit banned r/The_Donald, a pro-Trump subreddit, for rule violations and antagonizing the company.

June 29th, 1832

Black Hawk War: Three men working in a cornfield were attacked by Sauk Native Americans, resulting in two deaths.

June 29th, 1170

A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.

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

Same year
Born in 1685

65

Johann Sebastian Bach

German composer (1685–1750)

*March 21st, 1685, Eisenach †July 28th, 1750, Leipzig

74

George Frideric Handel

German-British Baroque composer (1685–1759)

*February 23rd, 1685, Halle (Saale) †April 14th, 1759, London

47

John Gay

English poet and playwright (1685–1732)

*June 30th, 1685, Barnstaple †December 4th, 1732, London

85

Charles-Jean-François Hénault

French writer and historian (1685-1770)

*February 8th, 1685, Paris †November 24th, 1770, Paris

67

George Berkeley

Irish idealist philosopher and Anglican bishop (1685–1753)

*March 12th, 1685, Kilkenny †January 14th, 1753, Oxford

55

Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor

18th century Habsburg Holy Roman Emperor

*October 1st, 1685, Vienna †October 20th, 1740, Vienna

71

Domenico Scarlatti

Italian composer, son of Alessandro Scarlatti

*October 26th, 1685, Naples †July 23rd, 1757, Madrid

86

Samuel Urlsperger

German Lutheran theologian

*August 31st, 1685, Kirchheim unter Teck †April 20th, 1772, Augsburg

74

Sebastián de Eslava

Viceroy of New Grenada (1685-1759)

*January 19th, 1685, Enériz/Eneritz †June 21st, 1759, Madrid

62

Pierre Roques

(1685-1748)

*July 22nd, 1685, Tarn †April 13th, 1748, Basel

27

Teresa Lubomirska

Polish noble lady

*January 1st, 1685, Kraków †January 6th, 1712, Innsbruck

76

Christiane Charlotte of Nassau-Ottweiler

Countess of Nassau-Saarbrücken, later Landgravine of Hesse-Homburg

*September 2nd, 1685, Ottweiler †November 6th, 1761, Bad Homburg vor der Höhe

73

Jacob Theodor Klein

Prussian scholar (1685-1759)

*August 15th, 1685, Kaliningrad †February 27th, 1759, Gdańsk

60

Hermann Friedrich Teichmeyer

German botanist (1685-1746)

*April 30th, 1685, Hann. Münden †February 5th, 1746, Jena

33

Farrukhsiyar

Mughal Emperor

*August 20th, 1685, Aurangabad †April 28th, 1719, Delhi

66

Claude Joseph Geoffroy

French scientist (1685-1752)

*August 8th, 1685, Paris †March 9th, 1752, Paris

70

Antonio Bernacchi

Italian opera singer (1685-1756)

*June 21st, 1685, Bologna †March 1st, 1756, Bologna

77

Francesco Loredan

116th Doge of Venice (1685-1762)

*February 9th, 1685, Venice †May 19th, 1762, Venice

81

Tiberius Hemsterhuis

Dutch linguist (1685-1766)

*January 9th, 1685, Groningen †April 7th, 1766, Leiden

64

Theophilus Grabener

German educator

*November 3rd, 1685, Thümmlitzwalde †April 15th, 1750, Meissen

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1685 is a normal year and no leap year.

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