October 29th, 1703

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Born on October 29th, 1703 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on October 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on October 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (October 1703)

Born on October 29th, 1703

Weekday

Monday

October 29th, 1703 was a Monday.

Age

320

People born on October 29th, 1703 will turn 321 this year (2024), in exactly 178 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1703 - November 22nd, 1703

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 934 days, exactly on November 24th, 2026, people who were born on October 29th, 1703 will be 118,000 days old!

117,066 Days

16,723 Weeks

3,846 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

October 29th, 2013

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

October 29th, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

October 29th, 1999

About 10,000 people died when a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar.

October 29th, 1998

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

October 29th, 1991

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

October 29th, 1986

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

October 29th, 1960

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

October 29th, 1956

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

October 29th, 1955

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

October 29th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

October 29th, 1868

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

October 29th, 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

October 29th, 1831

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

October 29th, 1792

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

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

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

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*October 29th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

John Byng

Royal Navy officer, shot for failure in combat (1704-1757)

*October 29th, 1704, Southill †March 14th, 1757, Portsmouth

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

*October 29th, 1880, Frankfurt †August 20th, 1945, Wrocław

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

*October 29th, 1946, Pennsylvania †March 22nd, 1991, Pennsylvania

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

*October 29th, 1897, Rheydt †May 1st, 1945, Berlin

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

Johann Karl, Count Chotek of Chotkow and Wognin

Bohemian count

*October 29th, 1704, Prague †November 8th, 1787, Vienna

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

*October 29th, 1944, Tyseley †December 5th, 2023, Naples

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

Same year
Born in 1703

Robert James

British physician

*August 23rd, 1703, Staffordshire †March 23rd, 1776, London

John Wesley

Founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)

*June 17th, 1703, Epworth †March 2nd, 1791, St Luke's

Jonathan Edwards

Christian preacher, philosopher, and theologian (1703-1758)

*October 5th, 1703, East Windsor †March 22nd, 1758, Princeton

François Boucher

French painter (1703-1770)

*September 29th, 1703, Paris †May 30th, 1770, Paris

Gilbert Tennent

American minister

*February 5th, 1703, County Armagh †July 23rd, 1764, Philadelphia

Antoine Deparcieux

French mathematician

*October 28th, 1703, Peyremale †September 2nd, 1768, Paris

Guillaume-François Rouelle

French chemist (1703-1770)

*September 15th, 1703, Mathieu †August 3rd, 1770, Paris

László Amade

Hungarian poet, soldier (1703-1764)

*March 12th, 1703, Gabčíkovo †December 22nd, 1764, Horný Bar

Władysław Aleksander Łubieński

Catholic archbishop

*November 1st, 1703, Galicia †June 21st, 1767, Gniezno

Marie Leszczyńska

Queen Consort of France

*June 23rd, 1703, Trzebnica †June 24th, 1768, Palace of Versailles

Johann Gottfried Schaumburg

*April 18th, 1703, Zerbst †May 25th, 1746, Jena

Peter Warren

Royal Navy admiral (1703-1752)

*March 10th, 1703, Meath †July 29th, 1752, Dublin

Ferdinand Augustin Hallerstein

Jesuit missionary

*August 18th, 1703, Ljubljana †October 29th, 1774, Beijing

José Francisco de Isla

Spanish writer (1703-1781)

*April 24th, 1703, Cistierna †November 2nd, 1781, Bologna

Theophilus Cibber

English writer (1703-1758)

*November 26th, 1703, London †October 1st, 1758, Irish Sea

Elias Dollhopf

German painter (1703-1773)

*January 13th, 1703, Tachov †December 12th, 1773, Horní Slavkov

Georg Andreas Sorge

German composer

*March 21st, 1703, Mellenbach-Glasbach †April 4th, 1778, Bad Lobenstein

Johann Gottlieb Graun

German composer and violinist

*October 27th, 1703, Wahrenbrück †October 27th, 1771, Berlin

Johann Baptist Regondi

Italian sculptor (1703-1762)

*June 24th, 1703, Kaisersteinbruch †March 18th, 1762, Kaisersteinbruch

Lorenzo Ricci

Superior General of the Society of Jesus (1703-1775)

*August 2nd, 1703, Florence †November 24th, 1775, Rome

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.X.MDCCIII

29.10.1703

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1703 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1703

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October 29th, 1703

Born on October 29th, 1703

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

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

117,066 Days

16,723 Weeks

3,846 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on October 29th?

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage for the Kingdom of Hawaii.

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

About 10,000 people died when a tropical cyclone made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near the city of Bhubaneswar.

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

Israeli Border Police massacred 48 Arab citizens of Kafr Qasim, among them women and children who were returning from work.

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

William Robert Broughton, a member of George Vancouver's expedition, observed a peak in the present-day U.S. state of Oregon and named it Mount Hood after British admiral Samuel Hood.

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

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

Same year Born in 1703

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on October 29th

Abraham of Rostov

Blessed Chiara Badano

Colman mac Duagh

Douai Martyrs

Gaetano Errico

James Hannington (Anglicanism)

Michele Rua

Narcissus of Jerusalem

Theuderius

October 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Coronation Day (Cambodia)

Republic Day (Turkey) or Cumhuriyet Bayramı

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.10.1703

Legend

Leap year

Calendar October 1703

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Date of birth

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Age in days, weeks and months
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Birthdays
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Calendar
October 1703

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44	29	30	31