July 29th, 1742

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Born on July 29th, 1742 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on July 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on July 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (July 1742)

Born on July 29th, 1742

Weekday

Sunday

July 29th, 1742 was a Sunday.

Age

281

People born on July 29th, 1742 will turn 282 this year (2024), in exactly 92 days .

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

July 23rd, 1742 - August 23rd, 1742

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 93 days, exactly on July 30th, 2024, people who were born on July 29th, 1742 will be 103,000 days old!

102,907 Days

14,701 Weeks

3,380 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 29th?

July 29th, 1981

An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

July 29th, 1954

The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's high-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, was published by Allen & Unwin.

July 29th, 1950

Korean War: Over fears that North Korean soldiers were infiltrating refugee columns, U.S. forces concluded a four-day massacre of hundreds of civilians through shootings and air attacks near the village of No Gun Ri.

July 29th, 1938

The Essential Commodities Reserves Act, which allowed the British government to build up reserves of essential commodities in anticipation of war, received royal assent.

July 29th, 1922

The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that up to 100 Korean workers who were constructing a hydroelectric plant on the Shinano River in Japan had been murdered and thrown into the river.

July 29th, 1914

The Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on a limited basis.

July 29th, 1900

Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto I of Italy in Monza.

July 29th, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd was arrested by Union forces after her lover turned her in.

July 29th, 1818

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel submitted a memoir on the diffraction of light to the Royal Academy of Sciences, providing strong support for the wave theory of light.

July 29th, 1693

Nine Years' War: French troops defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance led by William III of England at the Battle of Landen in present-day Neerwinden, Belgium.

July 29th, 1014

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion (pictured) in the mountains of Belasica near present-day Klyuch.

July 29th, 2021

The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.

July 29th, 2015

The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.

July 29th, 2013

Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.

July 29th, 2005

Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.

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

Born on July 29th, 1742

Armand de Kersaint

French naval officer, revolutionary politician (1742-1793)

*July 29th, 1742, Le Havre †December 4th, 1793, Paris

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 29th?

Kim Min-jung

South Korean badminton player

*July 29th, 1986, Jeju

Benito Mussolini

Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party

*July 29th, 1883, Predappio †April 28th, 1945, Giulino

Alexandra Paul

American actress

*July 29th, 1963, New York City

Simon Santoso

Badminton player

*July 29th, 1985, Tegal City

Fernando Alonso

Spanish racing driver

*July 29th, 1981, Oviedo City

Harry Mulisch

Dutch writer

*July 29th, 1927, Haarlem †October 30th, 2010, Amsterdam

Dag Hammarskjöld

Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905-1961)

*July 29th, 1905, Jönköping †September 18th, 1961, Ndola

David Warner

British actor (1941–2022)

*July 29th, 1941, Manchester †July 24th, 2022, Northwood

Caroline Paul

American writer

*July 29th, 1963, New York City

Joe Vaz

South African actor

*July 29th, 1972, Johannesburg

Genesis Rodriguez

American actress (b. 1987)

*July 29th, 1987, Miami

Theda Bara

American actress (1885–1955)

*July 29th, 1885, Cincinnati †April 7th, 1955, Los Angeles

Jean-Baptiste Drouet, Comte d'Erlon

Marshal of France (1765-1844)

*July 29th, 1765, Reims †January 25th, 1844, Paris

Bill Forsyth

British film director

*July 29th, 1946, Glasgow

Jake Smollett

American actor

*July 29th, 1989, New York City

Frederick Charles of Löwenstein-Wertheim-Freudenberg

*July 29th, 1743, Wertheim †August 29th, 1825, Kreuzwertheim

Giulio Maria della Somaglia

Catholic cardinal

*July 29th, 1744, Piacenza †April 2nd, 1830, Rome

Dana Morávková

Czech actress, choreographer, figure skater and television presenter

*July 29th, 1971, Písek

Alexis de Tocqueville

French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)

*July 29th, 1805, Paris †April 16th, 1859, Cannes

Charles C. Wilson

American actor (1894-1948)

*July 29th, 1894, New York City †January 7th, 1948, Los Angeles County

Same year
Born in 1742

Carl Wilhelm Scheele

Swedish German chemist who discovered oxygen

*December 9th, 1742, Stralsund †May 21st, 1786, Köping

Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher

Prussian field marshal (1742–1819)

*December 16th, 1742, Rostock †September 12th, 1819, Krobielowice

Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville

Scottish advocate and politician (1742-1811)

*April 28th, 1742, Dalkeith †May 28th, 1811, Edinburgh

Jean Baptiste Treilhard

French judge and diplomat (1742-1810)

*January 3rd, 1742, Brive-la-Gaillarde †December 5th, 1810, Paris

Pius VII

Head of the Catholic Church, ruler of the Papal States from 1800 to 1823

*August 14th, 1742, Cesena †August 20th, 1823, Rome

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

German scientist, satirist

*July 1st, 1742, Ober-Ramstadt †February 24th, 1799, Göttingen

Jean Cesar Godeffroy

Merchant from Hamburg (1742-1818)

*October 16th, 1742, Hamburg †May 7th, 1818, Hamburg

Jean-Louis Carra

French journalist and politician

*March 9th, 1742, Pont-de-Veyle †October 31st, 1793, Paris

Jean Senebier

Genevan botanist

*May 6th, 1742, Geneva †July 22nd, 1809, Geneva

Johann Heinrich Tischbein

German 1742–1808 F:0

*November 28th, 1742, Haina †December 22nd, 1808, Kassel

Ignaz von Born

Czech mineralogist and nobleman (1742-1791)

*December 26th, 1742, Cavnic †July 24th, 1791, Vienna

Johan Herman Wessel

Norwegian-Danish writer

*October 6th, 1742, Vestby Municipality †December 29th, 1785, Copenhagen

Jean Dauberval

French ballet dancer and choreographer

*August 19th, 1742, Montpellier †February 14th, 1806, Tours

Claus von der Decken

German politician (1742-1826)

*January 5th, 1742, Rittershausen †February 10th, 1826, Hanover

Jean-Mathieu-Philibert Sérurier

French soldier and political figure who rose to the rank of Marshal of France (1742-1819)

*December 8th, 1742, Laon †December 21st, 1819, Paris

Johann Ernst Schulz

German author and theologian

*December 20th, 1742, East Prussia †April 9th, 1806, Königsberg

Ozias Humphry

British artist (1742-1810)

*September 8th, 1742, Honiton †March 9th, 1810, London

Charlotte von Stein

Lady-in-waiting at the court in Weimar; close friend to both Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

*December 25th, 1742, Eisenach †January 6th, 1827, Weimar

Félix Máximo López

*November 18th, 1742, Madrid †April 9th, 1821, Madrid

Alexei Wassiljewitsch Naryschkin

*August 4th, 1742, Moscow †August 20th, 1800, Moscow

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on July 29th.

Earliest day on which Somer's Day can fall, while August 4 is the latest; celebrated on Friday before the first Monday in August. (Bermuda)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Bermuda

International Tiger Day

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Tiger_Day

Mohun Bagan Day (India)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohun_Bagan_Super_Giant

National Anthem Day (Romania)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deșteaptă-te,_române!

National Thai Language Day (Thailand)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_in_Thailand

Ólavsøka or Olsok, opening of the Løgting session. (Faroe Islands and the Nordic countries)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ólavsøka

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.VII.MDCCXLII

29.7.1742

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

XL = 40

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1742 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
July 1742

July 1742

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July 29th, 1742

Born on July 29th, 1742

Weekday

Sunday

Age

Zodiac

♌

Leo (The Lion)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 102,000 days old!

102,907 Days

14,701 Weeks

3,380 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on July 29th?

An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's high-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, was published by Allen & Unwin.

Korean War: Over fears that North Korean soldiers were infiltrating refugee columns, U.S. forces concluded a four-day massacre of hundreds of civilians through shootings and air attacks near the village of No Gun Ri.

The Essential Commodities Reserves Act, which allowed the British government to build up reserves of essential commodities in anticipation of war, received royal assent.

The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that up to 100 Korean workers who were constructing a hydroelectric plant on the Shinano River in Japan had been murdered and thrown into the river.

The Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on a limited basis.

Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto I of Italy in Monza.

American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd was arrested by Union forces after her lover turned her in.

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel submitted a memoir on the diffraction of light to the Royal Academy of Sciences, providing strong support for the wave theory of light.

Nine Years' War: French troops defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance led by William III of England at the Battle of Landen in present-day Neerwinden, Belgium.

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion (pictured) in the mountains of Belasica near present-day Klyuch.

The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.

The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.

Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.

Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.

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

Born on July 29th, 1742

French naval officer, revolutionary politician (1742-1793)

Same Day Who's birthday is on July 29th?

Same year Born in 1742

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on July 29th

Lazarus of Bethany

Lupus of Troyes

Martha of Bethany (Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Church)

Mary of Bethany

Olaf II of Norway

Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix

July 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Somer's Day can fall, while August 4 is the latest; celebrated on Friday before the first Monday in August. (Bermuda)

International Tiger Day

Mohun Bagan Day (India)

National Anthem Day (Romania)

National Thai Language Day (Thailand)

Ólavsøka or Olsok, opening of the Løgting session. (Faroe Islands and the Nordic countries)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.7.1742

Legend

Leap year

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 102,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Same year
Born in 1742

Calendar
July 1742

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26							1
27	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
28	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
29	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
30	23	24	25	26	27	28	29
31	30	31