January 29th, 1717

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Born on January 29th, 1717 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1717)

Born on January 29th, 1717

Weekday

Friday

January 29th, 1717 was a Friday.

Age

307

People born on January 29th, 1717 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 307 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1717 - February 19th, 1717

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 782 days, exactly on June 18th, 2026, people who were born on January 29th, 1717 will be 113,000 days old!

112,218 Days

16,031 Weeks

3,686 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 29th?

January 29th, 2017

A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.

January 29th, 2009

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions are also eligible to receive government identity documents.

January 29th, 2006

India's Irfan Pathan became the only bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.

January 29th, 1991

The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.

January 29th, 1967

The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

January 29th, 1944

World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.

January 29th, 1943

World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.

January 29th, 1911

Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.

January 29th, 1891

Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.

January 29th, 1863

American Indian Wars: The U.S. Army led by Patrick Edward Connor massacred Chief Bear Hunter and Shoshone forces at the Bear River Massacre in present-day Franklin County, Idaho.

January 29th, 1856

Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.

January 29th, 1845

American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror, its first publication attributed to Poe.

January 29th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: At the Battle of Brienne, both sides' commanders, Napoleon and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, were nearly captured.

January 29th, 0904

Sergius III (pictured), whose pontificate was marked by feudal violence and disorder in central Italy, returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

January 29th, 2013

Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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

Born on January 29th, 1717

Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst

British Army officer (1717-1797)

*January 29th, 1717, Riverhead †August 3rd, 1797, Montreal Park

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Who's birthday is on January 29th?

Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

*January 29th, 1860, Taganrog †July 2nd, 1904, Badenweiler

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

Paul Rabaut

French pastor (1718-1794)

*January 29th, 1718, Bédarieux †September 25th, 1794, Nîmes

Romain Rolland

French author (1866-1944)

*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay

William McKinley

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

*January 29th, 1843, Niles †September 14th, 1901, Buffalo

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

Georg Christoph Wagenseil

Austrian composer

*January 29th, 1715, Vienna †March 1st, 1777, Vienna

Oprah Winfrey

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

*January 29th, 1954, Kosciusko

John Raitt

American singer and actor (1917-2005)

*January 29th, 1917, Santa Ana †February 20th, 2005, Pacific Palisades

Henry Lee III

American politician, governor, and representative (1756–1818)

*January 29th, 1756, Dumfries †March 25th, 1818, Cumberland Island

Sam Trammell

American actor

*January 29th, 1969, New Orleans

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

Cuban cosmonaut

*January 29th, 1942, Guantánamo

Linda B. Buck

American biologist

*January 29th, 1947, Seattle

Victor Mature

American actor (1913–1999)

*January 29th, 1913, Louisville †August 4th, 1999, Rancho Santa Fe

Germaine Greer

Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)

*January 29th, 1939, Melbourne

Romário

Senator from Rio de Janeiro and former footballer

*January 29th, 1966, Rio de Janeiro

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

Manuela Groß

East German pair skater

*January 29th, 1957, Berlin

Abdus Salam

Theoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient

*January 29th, 1926, Jhang †November 21st, 1996, Oxford

Same year
Born in 1717

David Garrick

British actor, playwright, theatre manager and producer (1717–1779)

*February 19th, 1717, Hereford †January 20th, 1779, London

Maria Theresa of Austria

Ruler of the Habsburg Dominions (1717-1780)

*May 13th, 1717, Vienna †November 29th, 1780, Vienna

Jean le Rond d'Alembert

French mathematician, mechanician, physicist, philosopher and music theorist (1717-1783)

*November 16th, 1717, Paris †October 29th, 1783, Paris

Ferdinand Stosch

German theologian (1717–1780)

*December 30th, 1717, Liebenberg †June 3rd, 1780, Detmold

Pedro III of Portugal

King of Portugal

*July 5th, 1717, Lisbon †May 25th, 1786, Sintra

Johann Joachim Winckelmann

German art historian and archaeologist, and conservator of the Vatican Library

*December 9th, 1717, Stendal †June 8th, 1768, Trieste

Pius VI

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1775 to 1799

*December 25th, 1717, Cesena †August 29th, 1799, Valence

Horace Walpole

English writer, art historian, man of letters, antiquarian and Whig politician (1717-1797)

*September 24th, 1717, London †March 2nd, 1797, London

Mustafa III

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1757 to 1774

*January 28th, 1717, Constantinople †January 21st, 1774, Constantinople

Jean Dugain

French slave hunter and explorer

*February 23rd, 1717, Saint-Denis †January 1st, 1787

Louis François, Prince of Conti

French noble and art collector (1717-1776)

*August 13th, 1717, Paris †August 2nd, 1776, Paris

George Augustus Eliott

1st Lord Heathfield and Baron of Gibraltar, Army General, Governor of Gibraltar; (1717-1790)

*December 25th, 1717, Roxburghshire †July 6th, 1790, Aachen

Cardinal de Soubise

Catholic cardinal

*December 1st, 1717, Paris †June 28th, 1756, Saverne

Luis de Unzaga

Spanish colonial governor and administrator (1717-1793)

*April 6th, 1717, Málaga †June 21st, 1793, Málaga

Richard Owen Cambridge

British poet

*February 14th, 1717, London †September 17th, 1802, Richmond

Norbert Grund

Czech painter (1717-1767)

*December 4th, 1717, Prague †July 17th, 1767, Prague

Catharina Helena Dörrien

German botanist, botanical artist, author, translator, editor and governess (1717–1795)

*March 1st, 1717, Hildesheim †June 8th, 1795, Dillenburg

Philipp Erasmus Reich

German publisher

*December 1st, 1717, Laubach †December 3rd, 1787, Leipzig

Johann Augustin Dietelmair

*January 1st, 1717, Nuremberg †January 1st, 1785

Johann Stamitz

Czech composer and violinist

*June 19th, 1717, Havlíčkův Brod †March 27th, 1757, Mannheim

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 29th

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

Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Thursday

Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.I.MDCCXVII

29.1.1717

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1717 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
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January 29th, 1717

Born on January 29th, 1717

Weekday

Friday

Age

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 112,000 days old!

112,218 Days

16,031 Weeks

3,686 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 29th?

A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions are also eligible to receive government identity documents.

India's Irfan Pathan became the only bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.

The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.

The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.

World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.

Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.

Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.

American Indian Wars: The U.S. Army led by Patrick Edward Connor massacred Chief Bear Hunter and Shoshone forces at the Bear River Massacre in present-day Franklin County, Idaho.

Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.

American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror, its first publication attributed to Poe.

War of the Sixth Coalition: At the Battle of Brienne, both sides' commanders, Napoleon and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, were nearly captured.

Sergius III (pictured), whose pontificate was marked by feudal violence and disorder in central Italy, returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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

Born on January 29th, 1717

British Army officer (1717-1797)

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

Same year Born in 1717

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 29th

Gildas

Sabinian of Troyes

Sulpitius I of Bourges

January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)

Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.1.1717

Legend

Leap year

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January 1717

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 112,000 days old!

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

Same Day
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Same year
Born in 1717

Calendar
January 1717

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