October 29th, 1763

Born on October 29th, 1763

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 95,000 days old!

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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?

64

Fritz Weege

German art historian and archaeologist (1880-1945)

*October 29th, 1880, Frankfurt †August 20th, 1945, Wrocław

46

Toby Smith

British musician (1970-2017)

*October 29th, 1970, London †April 11th, 2017, London

85

Edmond Halley

English astronomer, mathematician, geophysicist, meteorologist and physicist

*October 29th, 1656, Haggerston †January 14th, 1742, Greenwich

89

Franz von Papen

German general staff officer, politician, diplomat, nobleman and Chancellor of Germany (1879–1969)

*October 29th, 1879, Werl †May 2nd, 1969, Sasbach

61

Jean Giraudoux

French novelist, essayist, diplomat and playwright (1882–1944)

*October 29th, 1882, Bellac †January 31st, 1944, Paris

73

Abdullah Gül

11th President of Turkey

*October 29th, 1950, Kayseri

78

Melba Moore

American singer, and actress

*October 29th, 1945, New York City

47

Joseph Goebbels

Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister (1897–1945)

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

85

Ellen Johnson Sirleaf

24th president of Liberia

*October 29th, 1938, Monrovia

44

R. L. Ryan

American actor (1946-1991)

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

52

Jean-Pierre Martins

French actor and musician

*October 29th, 1971, Paris

71

Udo Schmuck

German association football player and manager

*October 29th, 1952, Frankenthal

52

Winona Ryder

American actress

*October 29th, 1971, Winona County

79

Denny Laine

British rock musician (1944–2023)

*October 29th, 1944, Tyseley †December 5th, 2023, Naples

27

Astrid S

Norwegian singer and songwriter

*October 29th, 1996, Berkåk

40

Malik Fathi

German footballer

*October 29th, 1983, West Berlin

55

Johann Olav Koss

Norwegian speed skater

*October 29th, 1968, Drammen Municipality

53

Edwin van der Sar

Dutch association football player

*October 29th, 1970, Voorhout

36

Jessica Dubé

Canadian pair skater

*October 29th, 1987, Drummondville

25

Lance Stroll

Canadian and Belgian racing driver

*October 29th, 1998, Montreal

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Born in 1763

50

Joséphine de Beauharnais

Empress of the French, first wife of Napoleon (1763–1814)

*June 23rd, 1763, Les Trois-Îlets †May 29th, 1814, Rueil-Malmaison

41

Claude Chappe

French inventor

*December 25th, 1763, Brûlon †January 23rd, 1805, Paris

66

Jean-Xavier Lefèvre

Swiss-born French clarinettist (1763-1829)

*March 6th, 1763, Lausanne †November 9th, 1829, Paris

68

Louis Alexandre Andrault de Langeron

French general in the service of the Imperial Russian Army during the Napoleonic Wars (1763-1831)

*January 24th, 1763, Paris †July 4th, 1831, Saint Petersburg

64

Kobayashi Issa

Japanese writer (1763-1828)

*June 15th, 1763, Kashiwabara †January 5th, 1828, Kashiwabara

84

John Jacob Astor I

German-American businessman

*July 17th, 1763, Walldorf †March 29th, 1848, Manhattan

81

Charles XIV John of Sweden

King of Sweden and Norway between 1818–1844. Prince of Ponte Corvo 1806–1810 and French field marshal

*January 26th, 1763, Pau †March 8th, 1844, Stockholm Palace

50

Jean Victor Marie Moreau

French General (1763–1813)

*February 14th, 1763, Morlaix †September 2nd, 1813, Louny

66

Louis Nicolas Vauquelin

French professor of chemistry (1763-1829)

*May 16th, 1763, Saint-André-d'Hébertot †November 14th, 1829, Saint-André-d'Hébertot

31

Augustin Robespierre

French lawyer and revolutionary (1763-1794)

*January 21st, 1763, Arras †July 28th, 1794, Paris

35

Wolfe Tone

Irish politician (1763-1798)

*June 20th, 1763, Dublin †November 19th, 1798, Dublin

92

Samuel Rogers

British poet; (1763-1855)

*July 30th, 1763, Stoke Newington †December 18th, 1855, London

62

Johann Gabriel Chasteler de Courcelles

Austrian general

*January 22nd, 1763, County of Hainaut †May 7th, 1825, Venice

80

Heinrich Cotta

German forester and silviculturist (1763 – 1844)

*October 30th, 1763, Zillbach †October 25th, 1844, Tharandt

70

Johann Rudolf von Buol-Schauenstein

(1763-1834)

*November 21st, 1763, Vienna †March 12th, 1834, Vienna

55

Eberhard von Vegesack

Swedish military personnel

*March 29th, 1763, Rostock †October 30th, 1818, Stockholm

47

Manuel Alberti

Argentine priest (1763-1811)

*May 28th, 1763, Buenos Aires †January 31st, 1811, Buenos Aires

74

Georg Dubislav Ludwig von Pirch

Prussian officer (1763-1838)

*December 13th, 1763, Magdeburg †April 3rd, 1838, Berlin

72

John Molson

Canadian politician (1763-1836)

*December 28th, 1763, Spalding †January 11th, 1836, Boucherville

77

Martin Chittenden

American politician (1763-1840)

*March 12th, 1763, Salisbury †September 5th, 1840, Williston

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1763 is a normal year and no leap year.

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