October 29th, 1719

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Born on October 29th, 1719 – 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 1719)

Born on October 29th, 1719

Weekday

Sunday

October 29th, 1719 was a Sunday.

Age

304

People born on October 29th, 1719 will turn 305 this year (2024), in exactly 179 days .

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

October 24th, 1719 - November 22nd, 1719

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 111,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 779 days, exactly on June 21st, 2026, people who were born on October 29th, 1719 will be 112,000 days old!

111,221 Days

15,888 Weeks

3,654 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

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

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

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

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

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

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

Same year
Born in 1719

Leopold Mozart

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

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

John Griffin, 4th Baron Howard de Walden

British nobleman and soldier (1719-1797)

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

Roger Newdigate

British politician

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

Ferdinand Christoph von Waldburg-Zeil

German priest

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

John Landen

Mathematician

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

Jacques Cazotte

French writer

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

Princess Augusta of Saxe-Gotha

German princess (1719-1772); Princess of Wales as wife of Frederick, Prince of Wales; mother of George III

*November 30th, 1719, Gotha †February 8th, 1772, London

Johann Gottlob Lehmann

German and Russian mineralogist

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

Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes

French diplomat (1719-1787)

*December 28th, 1719, Dijon †February 13th, 1787, Versailles

Pierre Poivre

French horticulturalist (1719-1786)

*August 23rd, 1719, Lyon †January 6th, 1786, Saint-Romain-au-Mont-d'Or

Marie Elisabeth von Ahlefeldt

*December 25th, 1719, Haselau †January 24th, 1769, Tranekær Slot

Johann Wilhelm Ludwig Gleim

German poet

*April 2nd, 1719, Ermsleben †February 18th, 1803, Halberstadt

Gottfried Schütze

German librarian, historian and theologian

*May 7th, 1719, Wernigerode †July 1st, 1784, Hamburg

Maurizio Pedetti

Italian architect

*October 13th, 1719, Casasco d'Intelvi †March 14th, 1799, Eichstätt

Felix Adam Joseph von Fugger-Glött

(1719-1770)

*December 24th, 1719, Innsbruck †November 23rd, 1770, Cologne

Johann Elias Schlegel

German poet (1719-1749)

*January 17th, 1719, Meissen †August 13th, 1749, Sorø

Anna Catharina Bischoff

"Lady (or mummy) of the Barfüsser Church"

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

Friedrich Karl Joseph von Erthal

Catholic archbishop

*January 3rd, 1719, Mainz †July 25th, 1802, Aschaffenburg

Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec

General and diplomat

*August 19th, 1719, Paris †August 16th, 1781, Saint-Jean-d'Angély

Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo

Painter (1719-1795)

*August 25th, 1719, Rivoli †November 15th, 1795, Paris

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.MDCCXIX

29.10.1719

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

Leap year

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

Calendar
October 1719

October 1719

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October 29th, 1719

Born on October 29th, 1719

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♏

Scorpio (The Scorpion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 111,000 days old!

111,221 Days

15,888 Weeks

3,654 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 1719

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