August 29th, 1778

Born on August 29th, 1778

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What happened on August 29th, 1778?

August 29th, 1778

American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolutionary_War

What else happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, later overseeing 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.

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 Day
Who's birthday is on August 29th?

86

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres

French painter (1780-1867)

*August 29th, 1780, Montauban †January 14th, 1867, Paris

50

Michael Jackson

American singer, songwriter, and dancer (1958–2009)

*August 29th, 1958, Gary †June 25th, 2009, Los Angeles

54

Lucero

Mexican singer and actress

*August 29th, 1969, Mexico City

25

Bizarrap

Argentine record producer

*August 29th, 1998, Ramos Mejía

42

Miyo Akao

Badminton player

*August 29th, 1981, Hita

72

John Locke

English philosopher and physician (1632–1704)

*August 29th, 1632, Wrington †October 28th, 1704, High Laver

86

Léon Cogniet

French painter (1794-1880)

*August 29th, 1794, Paris †November 20th, 1880, 10th arrondissement of Paris

59

Doris Ahnen

German politician (SPD)

*August 29th, 1964, Trier

58

Eva Christiane Cancik-Kirschbaum

German assyriologist

*August 29th, 1965, Tübingen

22

Fiorella Corimberto

Argentinian Beach handball player

*August 29th, 2001, Buenos Aires

73

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Argentinian politician

*August 29th, 1810, San Miguel de Tucumán †June 19th, 1884, Neuilly-sur-Seine

81

John McCain

American politician and military officer (1936–2018)

*August 29th, 1936, Coco Solo †August 25th, 2018, Cornville

27

François Marie Daudin

French zoologist

*August 29th, 1776, Paris †November 30th, 1803, Paris

86

Maurice Maeterlinck

Belgian playwright and essayist (1862–1949)

*August 29th, 1862, Ghent †May 6th, 1949, Nice

67

Ingrid Bergman

Swedish actress (1915–1982)

*August 29th, 1915, Hedvig Eleonora parish †August 29th, 1982, London

85

Elliott Gould

American actor

*August 29th, 1938, Brooklyn

80

Arthur B. McDonald

Canadian physicist

*August 29th, 1943, Sydney

30

Liam Pane

English singer

*August 29th, 1993, Wolverhampton

52

Carla Gugino

American actress

*August 29th, 1971, Sarasota

74

Darnell Hillman

American basketball player

*August 29th, 1949, Sacramento

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Born in 1778

50

Humphry Davy

British chemist

*December 17th, 1778, Penzance †May 29th, 1829, Geneva

71

Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac

French chemist and physicist (1778–1850)

*December 6th, 1778, Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat †May 9th, 1850, Paris

63

Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss botanist (1778–1841)

*February 4th, 1778, Geneva †September 9th, 1841, Geneva

72

José de San Martín

Argentine general and independence leader (1778–1850)

*February 25th, 1778, África †August 17th, 1850, Boulogne-sur-Mer

59

Agathon Jean François Fain

French historian (1778-1837)

*January 11th, 1778, Paris †September 16th, 1837, Paris

52

William Hazlitt

English essayist and writer

*April 10th, 1778, Maidstone †September 18th, 1830, London

65

Luigi Lodigiani

Italian bookbinder

*January 7th, 1778, Pontremoli †October 3rd, 1843, Milan

61

Fernando Sor

Spanish classical guitarist and composer (1778-1839)

*February 13th, 1778, Barcelona †July 10th, 1839, Paris

67

Louis Bonaparte

King of the Netherlands, brother of Napoleon Bonaparte, member of the House of Buonaparte (1778-1846)

*September 2nd, 1778, Ajaccio †July 25th, 1846, Livorno

58

Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Austrian composer and pianist

*November 14th, 1778, Bratislava †October 17th, 1837, Weimar

75

Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

German educator, writer and politician (1778-1852)

*August 11th, 1778, Lanz †October 15th, 1853, Freyburg

64

Bernardo O'Higgins

Chilean independence leader (1778-1842)

*August 20th, 1778, Chillán †October 24th, 1842, Lima

81

James Kirke Paulding

American writer (1778–1860)

*August 22nd, 1778, Pleasant Valley †April 6th, 1860, Hyde Park

77

Joseph Carrington Cabell

American politician

*December 28th, 1778, Amherst County †February 5th, 1856, Nelson County

69

Heinrich Luden

German historian (1778-1847)

*April 10th, 1778, Loxstedt †May 23rd, 1847, Jena

54

Richard Skinner

American politician (1778-1833)

*May 30th, 1778, Litchfield †May 23rd, 1833, Manchester

63

Ernst Wilhelm Arnoldi

German entrepreneur

*May 21st, 1778, Gotha †May 27th, 1841, Gotha

82

Rembrandt Peale

American painter (1778-1860)

*February 22nd, 1778, Bucks County †October 3rd, 1860, Philadelphia

73

Christian Friedrich Nasse

German physician and psychiatrist

*April 18th, 1778, Bielefeld †April 18th, 1851, Marburg

58

Joseph Grimaldi

English actor, comedian and dancer

*December 18th, 1778, London †May 31st, 1837, London

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1778 is a normal year and no leap year.

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