December 29th, 1697

Born on December 29th, 1697

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What happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

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

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

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

66

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

*December 29th, 1808, Raleigh †July 31st, 1875, Elizabethton

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

52

Elizabeth I of Russia

Empress of Russia (1741–1762)

*December 29th, 1709, Kolomenskoye †January 5th, 1762, Saint Petersburg

42

Madame de Pompadour

Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, Versailles

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

81

Marie-Anne Botot Dangeville

French actor and salon-holder (1714-1796)

*December 29th, 1714, Paris †February 29th, 1796, former 10th arrondissement of Paris

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

89

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

*December 29th, 1927, Paris †March 25th, 2017, Viterbo

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Porto †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

74

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

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66

William Hogarth

English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist (1697-1764)

*November 10th, 1697, London †October 26th, 1764, London

60

Canaletto

Italian painter of landscapes (1697-1768)

*October 7th, 1697, Venice †April 19th, 1758, Venice

47

Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor

Holy Roman Emperor

*August 6th, 1697, City of Brussels †January 20th, 1745, Munich

82

Francesco Antonio Vallotti

Italian composer, organist and music theorist

*June 11th, 1697, Vercelli †January 10th, 1780, Padua

71

Gerhard Tersteegen

German theologian and hymn writer

*November 25th, 1697, Moers †April 3rd, 1769, Mülheim an der Ruhr

68

Ferdinand August Hommel

German university teacher and writer (1697-1765)

*February 3rd, 1697, Leipzig †February 16th, 1765, Leipzig

73

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus

German-born Dutch anatomist (1697-1770)

*February 24th, 1697, Frankfurt (Oder) †September 9th, 1770, Leiden

80

Charles Antoine de La Roche-Aymon

French cardinal

*February 17th, 1697, France †October 27th, 1777, Paris

66

Antoine François Prévost

French novelist (1697–1763)

*April 1st, 1697, Hesdin †November 25th, 1763, Chantilly

63

Friederike Caroline Neuber

German actor and director

*March 9th, 1697, Reichenbach im Vogtland †November 30th, 1760, Laubegast

73

John Gill

English Baptist pastor, biblical scholar and theologian (1697-1771)

*November 23rd, 1697, Kettering †October 14th, 1771

76

Johann Joachim Quantz

German flutist, flute maker and composer (1697-1773)

*January 30th, 1697, Scheden †July 12th, 1773, Potsdam

48

John Peter Zenger

A German printer and journalist in New York City

*October 26th, 1697, Impflingen †July 28th, 1746, New York City

76

Sauveur François Morand

French surgeon

*April 2nd, 1697, Paris †July 21st, 1773, Paris

42

Maria Karolina Sobieska

Polish princess

*November 25th, 1697, Oława †May 8th, 1740, Zhovkva

65

George Anson, 1st Baron Anson

British admiral (1697-1762)

*April 23rd, 1697, Staffordshire †June 6th, 1762, Hertfordshire

55

Johann Gottfried Auerbach

Austrian artist (1697-1753)

*October 28th, 1697, Mühlhausen †August 5th, 1753, Vienna

69

Claude Pierre Goujet

French historian

*October 19th, 1697, Paris †February 1st, 1767, Paris

85

Heinrich Joseph Johann of Auersperg

Austrian nobleman (1697-1783)

*June 24th, 1697, Vienna †February 9th, 1783, Vienna

84

Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville

French cartographer and geographer

*July 11th, 1697, Paris †January 28th, 1782, Paris

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No: With 365 days 1697 is a normal year and no leap year.

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