August 29th, 1700

Born on August 29th, 1700

Age in days, weeks and months
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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 1700

82

Daniel Bernoulli

Swiss mathematician (1700-1782)

*February 8th, 1700, Groningen †March 17th, 1782, Basel

66

Johann Christoph Gottsched

German philosopher (1700–1766)

*February 2nd, 1700, Königsberg †December 12th, 1766, Leipzig

58

Conrad von Mannlich

German painter (1700-1758)

*May 17th, 1700, Augsburg †September 13th, 1758, Zweibrücken

81

Christian Ernst Simonetti

German theologian

*October 30th, 1700, Berlin †January 20th, 1782, Frankfurt (Oder)

60

Clemens August of Bavaria

Catholic archbishop

*August 17th, 1700, Brussels metropolitan area †February 6th, 1761, Kurfürstliche Residenz in Ehrenbreitstein

55

Louis Auguste, Prince of Dombes

French noble (1700-1755)

*March 4th, 1700, Versailles †October 1st, 1755, Fontainebleau

42

Peter Faneuil

Wealthy American colonial merchant, slave trader, and philanthropist

*June 20th, 1700, New Rochelle †March 3rd, 1743, Boston

59

Nicolaus Zinzendorf

German protestant religious and social reformer, bishop of the Moravian Church

*May 26th, 1700, Dresden †May 4th, 1760, Herrnhut

72

Luigi Vanvitelli

Italian architect (1700-1773)

*May 12th, 1700, Naples †March 1st, 1773, Caserta

63

Peter Joseph Kofler

Austrian politician (1700-1764), Mayor of Vienna

*July 29th, 1700, Ruffré-Mendola †May 26th, 1764, Vienna

60

Charlotte Aglaé d'Orléans

Duchess of Modena and Reggio by marriage to Francesco III d'Este (1700-1761)

*October 22nd, 1700, Paris †January 19th, 1761, Luxembourg Palace

72

Stanisław Konarski

Polish poet, dramatist (1700-1773)

*September 30th, 1700, Żarczyce Duże †August 3rd, 1773, Warsaw

61

Christoph Wolle

German theologian

*January 24th, 1700, Leipzig †July 6th, 1761, Leipzig

77

Charles-Joseph Natoire

French painter (1700-1777)

*March 3rd, 1700, Nîmes †August 23rd, 1777, Castel Gandolfo

60

Charles, Count of Charolais

French noble

*June 19th, 1700, Chantilly †July 23rd, 1760, Paris

87

Mary Delany

English Bluestocking, artist, and letter-writer (1700-1788)

*May 14th, 1700, Wiltshire †April 15th, 1788, Windsor

63

Heinrich von Brühl

German statesman and art collector at the court of Saxony (1700-1763)

*August 13th, 1700, Gangloffsömmern †October 28th, 1763, Dresden

87

Charles-Augustin de Ferriol d'Argental

French diplomat (1700-1788)

*December 20th, 1700, Paris †January 5th, 1788, Paris

50

Leopold II, Prince of Anhalt-Dessau

German prince (1700-1751)

*December 25th, 1700, Dessau †December 16th, 1751, Dessau

63

Nathaniel Bliss

English astronomer (1700-1764)

*November 28th, 1700, Bisley †September 2nd, 1764, Oxford

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1700 is a normal year and no leap year.

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