August 29th, 1692

Born on August 29th, 1692

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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 1692

77

Giuseppe Tartini

Italian composer and violinist (1692-1770)

*April 8th, 1692, Piran †February 26th, 1770, Padua

73

Elisabeth Farnese

Queen consort of Spain (1692-1766)

*October 25th, 1692, Palazzo della Pilotta †July 11th, 1766, Aranjuez

19

Louisa Maria Stuart

British princess (1692-1712)

*June 28th, 1692, Saint-Germain-en-Laye †April 18th, 1712, Saint-Germain-en-Laye

74

Unico Wilhelm van Wassenaer

Dutch noble, diplomat and composer (1692-1766)

*October 30th, 1692, Delden †November 9th, 1766, The Hague

52

Frederick Anton, Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

Prince of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt

*August 14th, 1692, Rudolstadt †September 1st, 1744, Rudolstadt

75

Jean Armand de Lestocq

French adventurer

*April 29th, 1692, Lüneburg †June 12th, 1767, Saint Petersburg

76

Carlo Innocenzo Frugoni

Italian poet (1692-1768)

*November 21st, 1692, Genoa †December 20th, 1768, Parma

47

Giacinto Fontana

Italian singer

*January 1st, 1692, Perugia †January 1st, 1739, Perugia

70

Louis Racine

French poet of the Age of the Enlightenment

*November 6th, 1692, Paris †January 29th, 1763, Paris

87

Alessandro Albani

Roman Catholic cardinal and antiquarian (1692–1779)

*October 15th, 1692, Urbino †December 11th, 1779, Rome

60

Joseph Butler

English bishop and philosopher (1692–1752)

*May 18th, 1692, Wantage †June 16th, 1752, Bath

82

Eusebius Amort

German Roman Catholic theologian

*November 15th, 1692, Bad Tölz †February 5th, 1775, Polling

75

Jean Restout

French painter (1692-1768)

*March 26th, 1692, Rouen †January 1st, 1768, Paris

62

Pierre-Claude Nivelle de La Chaussée

French playwright (1692-1754)

*February 14th, 1692, Paris †March 14th, 1754, Paris

47

Louis Henri, Duke of Bourbon

French politician and prince (1692-1740)

*August 18th, 1692, Versailles †January 27th, 1740, Chantilly

47

Geminiano Giacomelli

Italian composer

*May 28th, 1692, Colorno †January 25th, 1740, Loreto

72

Petrus Wesseling

German librarian, law librarian and writer

*January 7th, 1692, Burgsteinfurt †November 9th, 1764, Utrecht

71

John Byrom

English poet and inventor of a shorthand system

*February 29th, 1692, Manchester †September 26th, 1763, Manchester

65

Princess Isabella Charlotte of Nassau-Dietz

(1692-1757)

*January 22nd, 1692, Leeuwarden †September 18th, 1757

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Leap year

Yes: 1692 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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