April 29th, 1701

Born on April 29th, 1701

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 117,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 27 days, exactly on May 25th, 2024, people who were born on April 29th, 1701 will be 118,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 29th?

April 29th, 2011

Watched by a worldwide television audience of tens of millions, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey in London.

April 29th, 2006

Cyclone Mala made landfall near Thandwe, Myanmar, causing 37 deaths.

April 29th, 1997

The Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons in the 87 countries that had ratified the convention.

April 29th, 1992

The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los Angeles (damage pictured), during which 63 people were killed.

April 29th, 1991

A powerful tropical cyclone struck Chittagong, Bangladesh, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving up to 10 million homeless across the region.

April 29th, 1975

Vietnam War: North Vietnam concluded its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands held by South Vietnam.

April 29th, 1970

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese forces began the Cambodian campaign, aiming to attack North Vietnamese jungle bases.

April 29th, 1968

The controversial Broadway musical Hair, a product of the counterculture of the 1960s, opened, with its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

April 29th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army liberated Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, and killed German prisoners of war.

April 29th, 1944

Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Operations Executive and the local Maquis group.

April 29th, 1910

Parliament passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the express intent of redistributing wealth.

April 29th, 1903

A rockslide buried part of the Canadian mining town of Frank under 110 million tonnes of rock, killing around 70 people.

April 29th, 1863

Confederate forts at Grand Gulf survived a bombardment by Union gunboats, preventing Ulysses S. Grant's troops from crossing the Mississippi River at that point.

April 29th, 1826

In Parramatta, Australia, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop discovered Centaurus A (pictured), which was later recognised as one of the nearest radio galaxies to Earth.

April 29th, 1770

On his first voyage, British explorer James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour (pictured) landed at Botany Bay, making the first recorded European landfall on the eastern coast of Australia.

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

Born on April 29th, 1701

59

Christian Ludwig Liscow

German poet lawyer and writer (1701-1760)

*April 29th, 1701, Wittenburg †October 30th, 1760, Eilenburg

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

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

25

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

71

David Icke

English conspiracy theorist, author, broadcaster, and former football player

*April 29th, 1952, Leicester

39

Charles Frederick, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp

German Monarch

*April 29th, 1700, Stockholm †June 18th, 1739, Rümpel

65

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

*April 29th, 1958, Santa Ana

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

40

Semih Şentürk

Turkish footballer

*April 29th, 1983, İzmir

94

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician

*April 29th, 1922, Marolles - Marollen †August 22nd, 2016, Braine-l'Alleud

80

Dominique Labourier

French actress

*April 29th, 1943, Paris

53

Andre Agassi

American tennis player (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Las Vegas

87

Jean Rochefort

French actor

*April 29th, 1930, 20th arrondissement of Paris †October 9th, 2017, 14th arrondissement of Paris

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York City

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

*April 29th, 1893, Walkerton †January 5th, 1981, La Jolla

87

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

*April 29th, 1901, Aoyama †January 7th, 1989, Fukiage Gyoen

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

Same year
Born in 1701

42

Anders Celsius

Swedish astronomer, physicist, and naturalist (1701-1744)

*November 27th, 1701, Uppsala †April 25th, 1744, Uppsala

79

Jacques Dumont le Romain

French history and portrait painter (1701-1781)

*May 10th, 1701, Paris †February 17th, 1781, Paris

73

Charles Marie de La Condamine

French explorer, geographer, and mathematician (1701-1774)

*January 28th, 1701, Paris †February 4th, 1774, Paris

74

François Rebel

French composer

*June 19th, 1701, Paris †November 7th, 1775, Paris

49

Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond

English patron of cricket (1701-1750)

*May 18th, 1701, Chichester †August 8th, 1750, Godalming

53

Christian Ludwig von Loewenstern

German artist, 1701-1754

*August 10th, 1701, Darmstadt †October 15th, 1754, Darmstadt

58

Felix Anton Scheffler

German painter (1701-1760)

*August 29th, 1701, Mainburg †January 10th, 1760, Prague

41

François-Joseph Hunauld

French anatomist; (1701-1742)

*February 24th, 1701, Châteaubriant †December 15th, 1742, Paris

53

Fortunato da Brescia

(1701-1754)

*January 1st, 1701, Brescia †January 1st, 1754, Madrid

63

Richard Cooper

British engraver (1701-1764)

*January 1st, 1701, Yorkshire †January 1st, 1764, Edinburgh

76

Charles Le Beau

French historian

*October 18th, 1701, Paris †March 13th, 1778, Paris

83

Pietro Longhi

Italian painter (1701-1785)

*November 5th, 1701, Venice †May 8th, 1785, Venice

71

Carlo Emanuele III of Sardinia

King of Sardinia (1730-1773)

*April 27th, 1701, Turin †February 20th, 1773, Turin

55

Maria Amalia of Austria

Czech queen (1701-1756)

*October 22nd, 1701, Vienna †December 11th, 1756, Nymphenburg Palace

58

Anna Magdalena Bach

Singer and the second wife of Johann Sebastian Bach (1701-1760)

*December 22nd, 1701, Zeitz †February 27th, 1760, Leipzig

55

Thomas Blackwell

Scottish classical scholar and historian (1701-1757)

*August 4th, 1701, Aberdeen †March 6th, 1757, Edinburgh

84

Johann Jakob Moser

German jurist, publicist and researcher (1701-1785)

*January 18th, 1701, Stuttgart †September 30th, 1785, Stuttgart

70

Wilhelm of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg

German prince (1701–1771)

*March 12th, 1701, Gotha †May 31st, 1771, Tonna

79

Ignatius of Laconi

Sardinian saint

*December 17th, 1701, Laconi †May 11th, 1781, Cagliari

55

Giovanni Battista Nolli

Italian architect

*April 9th, 1701, Como †July 3rd, 1756, Rome

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on April 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 29th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1701 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
April 1701