July 8th, 1729

Born on July 8th, 1729

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What happened on July 8th?

July 8th, 2022

Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe (pictured) was assassinated with an improvised firearm due to resentment against the Unification Church.

July 8th, 1990

West Germany won the FIFA World Cup final against defending champions Argentina, with Andreas Brehme scoring the game's only goal.

July 8th, 2021

Head of a Bear (pictured) sold at auction in London for a total of £8.8 million, a record for a drawing by Leonardo da Vinci.

July 8th, 2014

In the 2014 FIFA World Cup semi-final at the Mineirão, Germany defeated Brazil 7–1 (players pictured), breaking several tournament records.

July 8th, 2003

Sudan Airways Flight 139 crashed near Port Sudan Airport during an emergency landing attempt, killing 116 of the 117 people on board.

July 8th, 1994

Upon the death of Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il (pictured) became the supreme leader of North Korea.

July 8th, 1980

Aeroflot Flight 4225 crashed near Almaty International Airport in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic (present day Kazakhstan) killing all 166 people on board.

July 8th, 1966

King Mwambutsa IV of Burundi was deposed in a coup d'état by his son, Prince Charles Ndizi.

July 8th, 1965

Canadian Pacific Air Lines Flight 21 was destroyed by a bomb near 100 Mile House, Canada, killing 52.

July 8th, 1962

Following student protests at Rangoon University, Burmese general Ne Win ordered the demolition of the historic students' union building.

July 8th, 1950

Korean War: American troops withdrew from Cheonan, in modern-day South Korea, after suffering heavy casualties from a North Korean attack.

July 8th, 1947

Following reports of the capture of a "flying disc" by U.S. Army Air Forces personnel near Roswell, New Mexico, the military stated that the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon.

July 8th, 1874

Members of the North-West Mounted Police at Fort Dufferin began their March West, their first journey to the Canadian Prairies.

July 8th, 1776

The United States Declaration of Independence received its first formal public reading, in Philadelphia.

July 8th, 1758

French and Indian War: French forces defeated the British at Fort Carillon in the British colony of New York.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 8th

Same year
Born in 1729

67

Catherine II of Russia

The eighth and greatest Emperor of Russia (1762–1796)

*April 21st, 1729, Szczecin †November 17th, 1796, Saint Petersburg

81

Louis-Antoine de Bougainville

French admiral and explorer (1729–1811)

*November 11th, 1729, Paris †August 31st, 1811, Paris

83

Johannes le Francq van Berkhey

Dutch author and illustrator (1729-1812)

*January 23rd, 1729, Leiden †March 13th, 1812, Leiden

52

Gotthold Ephraim Lessing

German writer, philosopher, publicist, and art critic (1729–1781)

*January 22nd, 1729, Kamenz †February 15th, 1781, Brunswick

70

Lazzaro Spallanzani

Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729-1799)

*January 12th, 1729, Scandiano †February 11th, 1799, Pavia

56

Moses Mendelssohn

German-Jewish philosopher and theologian (1729–1786)

*September 6th, 1729, Dessau †January 4th, 1786, Berlin

44

Florian Leopold Gassmann

Austrian composer (1729–1774)

*May 3rd, 1729, Most †January 21st, 1774, Vienna

70

Niklaus Friedrich von Steiger

Swiss politician (1729-1799)

*May 17th, 1729, Bern †December 3rd, 1799, Augsburg

78

Georg Thomas von Asch

Russian physician and court official

*April 12th, 1729, Saint Petersburg †June 23rd, 1807, Göttingen

77

Michael von Melas

Austrian general

*May 12th, 1729, Roadeș †May 31st, 1806, Týnec nad Labem

71

Michael Denis

Austrian entomologist and writer(1729–1800)

*September 27th, 1729, Schärding †September 29th, 1800, Vienna

82

Thomas Percy

Irish Anglican bishop (1729-1811)

*April 13th, 1729, Bridgnorth †September 30th, 1811, Dromore

67

Johann Daniel Titius

German astronomer

*January 2nd, 1729, Chojnice †December 11th, 1796, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

58

Ashton Lever

British antiquarian; (1729-1788)

*March 5th, 1729, Alkrington †January 28th, 1788, Manchester

82

Christian Gottlob Heyne

German classical philologist (1729-1812)

*September 25th, 1729, Chemnitz †July 14th, 1812, Göttingen

87

Pierre-Alexandre Monsigny

French composer

*October 17th, 1729, Fauquembergues †January 14th, 1817, Paris

60

Richard Caswell

1st and 5th governor of North Carolina 1729-1789

*August 3rd, 1729, Harford County †November 10th, 1789, Fayetteville

65

Anne d'Arpajon

French noblewoman

*March 4th, 1729, Arpajon †June 27th, 1794, Paris

69

Helena Dorothea von Schönberg

German noblewoman and business person (1729-1799)

*November 22nd, 1729, Erlau †March 29th, 1799, Limbach-Oberfrohna

90

George Leonard

American politician (1729-1819)

*July 4th, 1729, Norton †July 26th, 1819, Raynham

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1729 is a normal year and no leap year.

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