October 29th, 1718

Born on October 29th, 1718

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

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 600 days, exactly on March 17th, 2028, people who were born on October 29th, 1718 will be 113,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 2007

Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

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 the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near 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

Following the nationalisation of the Egypt's Suez Canal, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom invaded the Sinai Peninsula.

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).

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

Same year
Born in 1718

62

Mariana Victoria of Spain

Infanta of Spain by birth, later regent of Portugal

*March 31st, 1718, Madrid †January 15th, 1781, Palace of Ajuda

69

Bernhard Friedrich Quistorp

German theologian

*April 11th, 1718, Rostock †January 4th, 1788, Greifswald

72

Robert Henry

Scottish minister and historian (1718-1790)

*February 18th, 1718, St. Ninians †November 24th, 1790, Edinburgh

73

Søren Abildgaard

Naturalist, writer and illustrator (1718-1791)

*February 18th, 1718, Flekkefjord Municipality †July 2nd, 1791, Copenhagen

76

Leopold August Abel

Violinist, composer

*March 24th, 1718, Köthen †August 25th, 1794, Ludwigslust

80

Antoine de Chézy

French engineer

*September 1st, 1718, Châlons-en-Champagne †October 5th, 1798, Paris

57

Matthew Maty

Dutch physician

*May 17th, 1718, Montfoort †March 21st, 1776, London

71

Jacob Christian Schäffer

German inventor, professor, botanist, entomologist and ornithologist (1718-1790)

*May 30th, 1718, Querfurt †January 7th, 1790, Regensburg

89

Francis Willis

British physician (1718-1807)

*August 17th, 1718, Lincoln †December 5th, 1807, Bourne

77

Otto Jacob Zöge von Manteuffel

Swedish military personnel

*April 22nd, 1718, Stockholm †February 6th, 1796, Stockholm

65

Benjamin Kennicott

British theologian

*April 4th, 1718, Devon †September 18th, 1783, Cornwall

75

Christianus Carolus Henricus van der Aa

Dutch pastor, preacher and theologian (1718-1793)

*August 25th, 1718, Zwolle †September 23rd, 1793, Haarlem

69

Pasquale Acquaviva d'Aragona

Italian cardinal

*November 3rd, 1718, Naples †February 29th, 1788, Rome

72

Joseph von Spaur

Austrian priest (1718-1791)

*September 23rd, 1718, Innsbruck †May 26th, 1791, Brixen

82

Hugh Blair

British philosopher

*April 7th, 1718, Edinburgh †December 27th, 1800, Edinburgh

48

Empress Nara

Qing dynasty empress (1718-1766)

*March 11th, 1718, Beijing †July 14th, 1766, Beijing

61

Thomas Chippendale

British cabinet-maker

*June 5th, 1718, Otley †November 13th, 1779, London

58

Élie Catherine Fréron

French writer (1718-1776)

*January 20th, 1718, Quimper †March 10th, 1776, Montrouge

69

Ambrosio de Benavides

Spanish colonial governor

*January 20th, 1718, Granada †April 27th, 1787, Cauquenes

72

Christian Georg Schütz

German painter and engraver (1718-1791)

*September 24th, 1718, Flörsheim am Main †January 1st, 1791, Frankfurt

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

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1718 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
October 1718