September 29th, 1768

Born on September 29th, 1768

Age in days, weeks and months
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What happened on September 29th?

September 29th, 1964

Mafalda, a popular comic strip by Quino, was first published in newspapers in Argentina.

September 29th, 2006

Gol Transportes Aéreos Flight 1907 collided in mid-air with an Embraer Legacy business jet near Peixoto de Azevedo, Brazil, killing 154 people and triggering a national aviation crisis.

September 29th, 2004

Archaeologists and volunteers began excavation of the remains of Fort Tanjong Katong in Singapore.

September 29th, 1991

The award-winning Disney animated film Beauty and the Beast premiered while unfinished at the New York Film Festival.

September 29th, 1990

The Lockheed YF-22, the prototype for the F-22 Raptor, made its first flight.

September 29th, 1963

The University of East Anglia (coat of arms featured) was founded in Norwich, England, after talk of establishing a university in the city began as early as the 19th century.

September 29th, 1957

An explosion at the Soviet nuclear reprocessing plant Mayak released 74 to 1,850 PBq of radioactive material.

September 29th, 1955

The first Indonesian legislative election resulted in an unexpectedly poor result for the Masyumi Party of incumbent prime minister Burhanuddin Harahap (pictured).

September 29th, 1954

Willie Mays (pictured) of the New York Giants made The Catch, one of the most famous defensive plays in the history of Major League Baseball.

September 29th, 1941

The Holocaust: Nazi forces, aided by Ukrainian collaborators, began a massacre of Jews in a ravine in Kyiv, killing more than 30,000 civilians in two days and thousands more in the following months.

September 29th, 1940

During a Royal Australian Air Force training exercise over Brocklesby, two planes collided and interlocked in mid-air (pictured); the pilot of the upper plane was able to land safely using the lower plane's engines.

September 29th, 1923

The Mandate for Palestine came into effect, officially creating the protectorates of Mandatory Palestine under British administration and Transjordan as a separate emirate under King Abdullah I.

September 29th, 1918

World War I: The Battle of St Quentin Canal took place, which led to the British Fourth Army making the first breach of the German defensive Hindenburg Line.

September 29th, 1833

The Spanish American wars of independence ended with the death of King Ferdinand VII, with what had once been the Spanish Empire disintegrating into independent Latin American states.

September 29th, 1724

J. S. Bach led the first performance of Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir, BWV 130, based on Paul Eber's hymn in twelve stanzas, for the feast of archangel Michael.

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

Same year
Born in 1768

29

Lazare Hoche

French general (1768–1797)

*June 24th, 1768, Versailles †September 19th, 1797, Wetzlar

57

Marie-Guillemine Benoist

French painter (1768–1826)

*December 18th, 1768, Paris †October 8th, 1826, Paris

70

Jacques Félix Emmanuel Hamelin

French Navy officer

*October 13th, 1768, Honfleur †April 23rd, 1839, Paris

67

Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor

Also known as Francis I, Emperor of Austria (1768-1835)

*February 12th, 1768, Florence †March 2nd, 1835, Vienna

62

Benjamin Carr

American composer

*September 12th, 1768, London †May 24th, 1831, Philadelphia

65

Friedrich Schleiermacher

German theologian, philosopher, and biblical scholar (1768-1834)

*November 21st, 1768, Wrocław †February 12th, 1834, Berlin

24

Charlotte Corday

Figure of the French Revolution (1768-1793)

*July 27th, 1768, Ligneries †July 17th, 1793, place de la Concorde

64

Kaʻahumanu

Queen consort of Hawaii (1768–1832)

*March 17th, 1768, Maui †June 5th, 1832, Manoa

53

Caroline of Brunswick

Queen consort of King George IV of the United Kingdom (1768-1821)

*May 17th, 1768, Schloss Richmond †August 7th, 1821, Hammersmith

56

Buddha Loetla Nabhalai

King of Siam

*February 24th, 1768, Ratchaburi †July 21st, 1824, Bangkok

43

Joseph Dennie

American writer and editor (1768-1812)

*August 30th, 1768, Boston †January 7th, 1812

81

Maria Edgeworth

Irish writer (1768-1849)

*January 1st, 1768, Oxfordshire †May 22nd, 1849, Edgeworthstown

70

Nicolas-Jean Rouppe

Belgian politician

*April 17th, 1768, Rotterdam †August 3rd, 1838, Brussels

44

Jean-Baptiste Bessières

Marshal of France (1768-1813)

*August 6th, 1768, Prayssac †May 1st, 1813, Rippach

69

Juliane Wilhelmine Bause

German artist, 1768-1837

*January 1st, 1768, Leipzig †January 1st, 1837, Leipzig

35

Pauline de Beaumont

French salon-holder

*July 31st, 1768, Mussy-sur-Seine †November 4th, 1803, Rome

63

John Hayes

Commodore of Bombay Marine and explorer for the British East India Company

*February 11th, 1768, Cumberland †July 3rd, 1831, Cocos (Keeling) Islands

62

Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen

German clarinetist, composer and painter

*July 6th, 1768, Durlach †July 10th, 1830, Darmstadt

71

Christopher Grant Champlin

American politician (1768–1840)

*April 12th, 1768, Newport †March 18th, 1840, Newport

54

Zacharias Werner

German poet, dramatist and priest

*November 18th, 1768, Königsberg †January 17th, 1823, Vienna

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Public holidays on September 29th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1768 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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