December 29th, 1727

Born on December 29th, 1727

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What happened on December 29th?

December 29th, 1913

Cecil B. DeMille started filming Hollywood's first feature film, The Squaw Man (featured).

December 29th, 1996

Peace accords were signed under the leadership of President Álvaro Arzú and guerrilla leader Rolando Morán, ending the 36-year-long Guatemalan Civil War.

December 29th, 1975

Planted by unknown perpetrators, a bomb exploded (aftermath pictured) at LaGuardia Airport in New York City, killing 11 people and seriously injuring 74 others.

December 29th, 1959

American physicist Richard Feynman gave a speech entitled "There's Plenty of Room at the Bottom" at Caltech, anticipating the field of nanotechnology.

December 29th, 1940

Second World War: The Luftwaffe began a major night bombing raid on the British capital as part of the Blitz, beginning what was later called the "Second Great Fire of London".

December 29th, 1928

The Northern Expedition, a military campaign by the National Revolutionary Army of the Kuomintang, ended with the complete control of the Republic of China.

December 29th, 1915

First World War: The French parliament passed a law granting the land occupied by British war graves as "the free gift of the French people".

December 29th, 1911

Sun Yat-sen was elected the provisional president of the Republic of China in Nanjing.

December 29th, 1890

Sioux Wars: The United States Army killed 250 to 300 Lakota men, women and children at the Wounded Knee Massacre, beginning the Ghost Dance War.

December 29th, 1876

A railway bridge collapsed over the Ashtabula River in Ohio, killing 92 people and injuring 64 others on a Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway train.

December 29th, 1860

To counter the French Navy's Gloire, the world's first ironclad warship, the Royal Navy launched HMS Warrior, the world's first iron-hulled armoured warship.

December 29th, 1845

The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the 28th state to be admitted to the Union.

December 29th, 1812

War of 1812: In a three-hour single-ship action, HMS Java (drawing shown) was captured by USS Constitution off the coast of Brazil.

December 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell led a contingent of British soldiers to capture the city of Savannah, Georgia.

December 29th, 1937

The Constitution of Ireland, the founding legal document of the state known today as the Republic of Ireland, came into force.

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

Same year
Born in 1727

32

Louise Élisabeth of France

French princess

*August 14th, 1727, Versailles †December 6th, 1759, Versailles

79

Michel Adanson

French naturalist (1727-1806)

*April 7th, 1727, Aix-en-Provence †August 3rd, 1806, Paris

90

Nikolaus Joseph von Jacquin

Chemist, physician and botanist from the Netherlands (1727-1817)

*February 16th, 1727, Leiden †October 26th, 1817, Vienna

52

Tommaso Traetta

Italian composer

*March 30th, 1727, Bitonto †April 6th, 1779, Venice

76

Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo

Italian painter and engraver

*August 30th, 1727, Venice †March 3rd, 1804, Venice

44

Justine Favart

French opera singer

*June 14th, 1727, Avignon †April 21st, 1772, Paris

65

Elizabeth Griffith

Welsh-Irish writer

*October 11th, 1727, Glamorgan †January 5th, 1793, Kildare

75

Henry XXX of Reuss-Gera

(1727-1802)

*April 24th, 1727, Gera †April 26th, 1802, Gera

67

Friedrich Hartmann Graf

German composer (1727-1795)

*August 23rd, 1727, Rudolstadt †August 19th, 1795, Augsburg

32

François Thurot

French privateer, merchant naval captain and smuggler

*July 22nd, 1727, Nuits-Saint-Georges †February 28th, 1760, Isle of Man

69

Pasquale Anfossi

Italian opera composer

*April 5th, 1727, Taggia †February 1st, 1797, Rome

56

Nano Nagle

Foundress of Presentation Sisters

*November 30th, 1727, County Cork †April 20th, 1784, Cork

84

Pierre Laujon

French playwright and chansonnier

*January 13th, 1727, Paris †July 13th, 1811, Paris

54

Simon August, Count of Lippe-Detmold

Count of Lippe (1727-1782)

*June 12th, 1727, Detmold †May 1st, 1782, Detmold

86

Martin Bachofen

(1727-1814)

*March 23rd, 1727, Basel †February 10th, 1814, Basel

51

Johann Joseph Gassner

Austrian priest

*August 22nd, 1727, Bludenz †January 1st, 1779, Kirchroth

60

Ludwig Joseph von Welden

German priest, Prince-Bishop of Freising

*May 11th, 1727, Hochaltingen †March 15th, 1788, Freising

70

Ivan Ivanovich Shuvalov

Russian Minister of Education, one of the founders of the Moscow University (1755)

*November 1st, 1727, Moscow †November 15th, 1797, Saint Petersburg

66

Étienne Charles de Loménie de Brienne

Catholic cardinal (1727-1794)

*October 9th, 1727, Paris †February 16th, 1794, Sens

24

Christian Renatus von Zinzendorf

German hymnwriter

*September 19th, 1727, Herrnhut †May 28th, 1752, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1727 is a normal year and no leap year.

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