August 29th, 1719

Born on August 29th, 1719

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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 1719

67

Leopold Mozart

German composer, conductor, teacher, and violinist (1719-1787)

*November 14th, 1719, Augsburg †May 28th, 1787, Salzburg

57

Spranger Barry

British actor

*November 23rd, 1719, Dublin †January 10th, 1777, London

79

Barbara Campanini

Italian ballerina

*September 27th, 1719, Parma †June 7th, 1799, Lubin

60

Wilhelm Sebastian von Belling

German general

*February 15th, 1719, Pawłowo, Kwidzyn County †November 28th, 1779, Słupsk

63

Johann Friedrich Hirt

German theologian

*August 16th, 1719, Apolda †July 29th, 1783, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

68

Anna Catharina Bischoff

"Lady (or mummy) of the Barfüsser Church"

*March 23rd, 1719, Strasbourg †August 30th, 1787, Basel

68

Johann Wilhelm Baumer

German physicist and author

*September 10th, 1719, Rehweiler †August 4th, 1788, Giessen

73

George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney

Royal Navy admiral; (1719-1792)

*February 13th, 1719, Walton-on-Thames †May 24th, 1792, London

63

Christian Mayer

Czech-German astronomer

*August 20th, 1719, Modřice †April 16th, 1783, Heidelberg

80

Abraham Gotthelf Kästner

German mathematician (1719–1800)

*September 27th, 1719, Leipzig †June 20th, 1800, Göttingen

78

Pedro Pablo Abarca de Bolea, 10th Count of Aranda

Spanish diplomat 10th Count of Aranda (1719-1798)

*August 1st, 1719, Castillo del conde de Aranda †January 9th, 1798, Palacio de los condes de Aranda

68

Francis de Gaston, Chevalier de Levis

Marshal of France

*August 20th, 1719, Ajac †November 20th, 1787, Arras

65

Étienne François, duc de Choiseul

French general, diplomat and statesman (1719-1785)

*June 28th, 1719, Nancy †May 8th, 1785, Château de Chanteloup

77

Michel-Jean Sedaine

French dramatist and librettist

*June 2nd, 1719, Paris †May 17th, 1797, Paris

72

Jacques Cazotte

French writer

*October 7th, 1719, Dijon †September 25th, 1792, Paris

67

Ferdinand Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil

German priest

*February 6th, 1719, Salzburg †April 9th, 1786, Salzburg

87

Roger Newdigate

British politician

*May 20th, 1719, Arbury †November 23rd, 1806, Arbury

47

Johann Gottlob Lehmann

German and Russian mineralogist

*August 4th, 1719, Bad Gottleuba-Berggießhübel †January 22nd, 1767, Saint Petersburg

70

John Landen

Mathematician

*January 23rd, 1719, Peterborough †January 15th, 1790, Milton

78

John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden

British nobleman and soldier (1719-1797)

*March 13th, 1719, Oundle †May 25th, 1797, Audley End House

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1719 is a normal year and no leap year.

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