August 29th, 1729

Born on August 29th, 1729

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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 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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