December 29th, 1766

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Born on December 29th, 1766 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on December 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on December 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (December 1766)

Born on December 29th, 1766

Weekday

Monday

December 29th, 1766 was a Monday.

Age

257

People born on December 29th, 1766 will turn 258 this year (2024), in exactly 246 days .

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

December 22nd, 1766 - January 20th, 1767

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 93,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 13 days, exactly on May 10th, 2024, people who were born on December 29th, 1766 will be 94,000 days old!

93,987 Days

13,426 Weeks

3,087 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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Hours

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 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

Born on December 29th, 1766

Charles Macintosh

British chemist (1766–1843)

*December 29th, 1766, Glasgow †July 25th, 1843, Glasgow

Peter Plett

German teacher and pioneer of smallpox vaccine (1766-1823)

*December 29th, 1766, Klein Rheide †March 29th, 1823, Stakendorf

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

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

*December 29th, 1808, Raleigh †July 31st, 1875, Elizabethton

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

*December 29th, 1923, New York City †May 22nd, 2017, East Hampton

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

*December 29th, 1809, Liverpool †May 19th, 1898, Hawarden Castle

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

*December 29th, 1915, Oakland †June 10th, 1996, Queens

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

*December 29th, 1927, Paris †March 25th, 2017, Viterbo

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

*December 29th, 1874, Zoeterwoude †July 4th, 1949, Naarden

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

*December 29th, 1896, Porto †January 6th, 1974, Cuernavaca

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

*December 29th, 1957, New York City †May 14th, 2017, Holmby Hills

Louis de Sol de Grisolles

French military personnel

*December 29th, 1761, Guérande †April 13th, 1836, Bordeaux

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

Charles Goodyear

American inventor

*December 29th, 1800, New Haven †July 1st, 1860, New York City

Madame de Pompadour

Chief mistress of Louis XV of France (1721-1764)

*December 29th, 1721, Paris †April 15th, 1764, Versailles

Same year
Born in 1766

Albertine Necker de Saussure

Genevan writer (1766-1841)

*April 9th, 1766, Geneva †April 20th, 1841, Monnetier-Mornex

John Dalton

British chemist and physicist (1766–1844)

*September 6th, 1766, Cumberland †July 27th, 1844, Manchester

Thomas Robert Malthus

British political economist (1766–1834)

*February 13th, 1766, Westcott †December 23rd, 1834, Bath

Caroline von Humboldt

German salon-holder, wife of Wilhelm von Humboldt (1766–1829)

*February 23rd, 1766, Minden †March 26th, 1829, Berlin

Germaine de Staël

Genevan-French author (1766-1817)

*April 22nd, 1766, Paris †July 14th, 1817, Paris

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Jean-Frédéric Waldeck

French antiquarian, explorer, artist (1766-1875)

*March 16th, 1766, Prague †April 30th, 1875, Paris

William Dunlap

American dramatist, painter, and historian

*February 19th, 1766, Perth Amboy †September 28th, 1839, New York City

Louis Delgrès

French politician (1766-1802)

*August 2nd, 1766, Saint-Pierre †May 28th, 1802, Matouba

Maine de Biran

French philosopher (1766-1824)

*November 29th, 1766, Bergerac †July 20th, 1824, Paris

Samuel Friedrich Sauter

German author

*November 10th, 1766, Oberderdingen †July 14th, 1846, Oberderdingen

Moss Kent

American politician

*April 3rd, 1766, Rensselaer County †May 30th, 1838, Plattsburgh

Samuel Wilson

American meat packer (1766-1854)

*September 13th, 1766, Arlington †July 31st, 1854, Troy

Samuel Dinsmoor

American politician

*July 1st, 1766, Windham †March 15th, 1835, Keene

Samuel Wesley

English organist and composer

*February 24th, 1766, Bristol †October 11th, 1837, London

Rodolphe Kreutzer

French violinist, conductor, composer (1766-1831)

*November 15th, 1766, Versailles †January 6th, 1831, Geneva

Honoré Vial

French diplomat (1766-1813)

*February 22nd, 1766, Antibes †October 18th, 1813, Leipzig

Antoine-Vincent Arnault

French dramatist (1766-1834)

*January 22nd, 1766, Paris †September 16th, 1834, Bréauté

Wilhelm Hisinger

Swedish chemist and mineralogist

*December 23rd, 1766, Västmanland †June 28th, 1852, Skinnskatteberg

Christmas Evans

Welsh minister

*December 25th, 1766, Llandysul †July 19th, 1838, Swansea

Marc Schœlcher

*April 26th, 1766, Fessenheim †October 14th, 1832, Paris

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.XII.MDCCLXVI

29.12.1766

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

L = 50

X = 10

IX = 9

V = 5

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1766 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
December 1766

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December 29th, 1766

Born on December 29th, 1766

Weekday

Monday

Age

Zodiac

♑

Capricorn (The Sea-Goat)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 93,000 days old!

93,987 Days

13,426 Weeks

3,087 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on December 29th?

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

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

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

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

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".

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

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".

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

Born on December 29th, 1766

British chemist (1766–1843)

German teacher and pioneer of smallpox vaccine (1766-1823)

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

Same year Born in 1766

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on December 29th

Ebrulf

Jonathan, Prince of Israel and David's friend.

Thomas Becket

Trophimus of Arles

December 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Constitution Day (Ireland)

Independence Day (Mongolia)

The fifth day of Christmas (Western Christianity)

The fourth day of Kwanzaa (United States)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.12.1766

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Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 93,000 days old!

Birthdays
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Born in 1766

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December 1766

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