May 29th, 1695

Born on May 29th, 1695

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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

Born on May 29th, 1695

76

Henri Pitot

French hydraulic engineer

*May 29th, 1695, Aramon †December 27th, 1771, Aramon

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

63

Patrick Henry

Attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States (1736-1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Brookneal

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

*May 29th, 1921, Spokane †April 15th, 2017, Gladstone

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

Same year
Born in 1695

78

Johann Conrad Schlaun

German architect

*June 5th, 1695, Nörde †October 21st, 1773, Münster

44

Georg Albrecht of Saxe-Weissenfels

German noble, Count of Barby (1695-1739)

*April 19th, 1695, Dessau †June 12th, 1739, Barby

73

Christian Seybold

German painter (1695-1768)

*March 19th, 1695, Neuenhain †September 28th, 1768, Vienna

68

Pietro Locatelli

Italian Baroque composer and violinist (1695-1764)

*September 3rd, 1695, Bergamo †March 30th, 1764, Amsterdam

77

Martin Sarmiento

Spanish writer

*March 9th, 1695, Villafranca del Bierzo †December 7th, 1772, Madrid

78

Johann Lorenz Bach

German composer (1695-1773)

*September 10th, 1695, Schweinfurt †December 14th, 1773, Itzgrund

73

François de Chevert

French general

*February 2nd, 1695, Verdun †January 24th, 1769, Paris

27

Johann Christian Günther

German poet (1695-1723)

*April 8th, 1695, Strzegom †March 15th, 1723, Jena

77

William Borlase

English antiquarian, geologist and naturalist

*February 2nd, 1695, Cornwall †August 31st, 1772, Cornwall

69

José Quer y Martínez

Spanish botanist (1695-1764)

*January 26th, 1695, Perpignan †March 19th, 1764, Madrid

55

Benigna Marie of Reuss-Ebersdorf

German noblewoman and author of hymns (1695-1751)

*December 15th, 1695, Saalburg-Ebersdorf †July 31st, 1751, Pottiga

56

Francis Scott

2nd Duke of Buccleuch (1695-1751)

*January 11th, 1695, London †April 22nd, 1751, London

62

Michelangelo Unterberger

Austrian painter (1695-1758)

*August 11th, 1695, Cavalese †June 27th, 1758, Vienna

62

Johann Konrad Brandenstein

Organ builder

*August 1st, 1695, Kitzingen †November 21st, 1757, Stadtamhof

87

Daniel Wilhelm Triller

German writer

*February 10th, 1695, Erfurt †May 22nd, 1782, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

63

Melchior Buchner

German plasterer and painter (1695-1758)

*January 6th, 1695, Schongau †September 12th, 1758, Ingolstadt

60

Johannes Jakob Zimmermann

(1695-1756)

*December 10th, 1695, Zürich †November 30th, 1756, Zürich

58

Marie Huber

Genevan writer and theologian

*March 4th, 1695, Geneva †June 13th, 1753, Lyon

71

Christian Karl Reinhard of Leiningen-Dachsburg-Falkenburg-Heidesheim

Count of Leiningen-Dagsburg

*July 17th, 1695, Schloss Broich †November 17th, 1766, Colgenstein-Heidesheim

31

Nicolaus II Bernoulli

Russian mathematician (1695-1726)

*February 6th, 1695, Basel †July 31st, 1726, Saint Petersburg

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1695 is a normal year and no leap year.

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