December 29th, 1785

Born on December 29th, 1785

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

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Who's birthday is on December 29th?

66

Andrew Johnson

President of the United States from 1865 to 1869

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

55

Peter Runggaldier

Italian alpine skier

*December 29th, 1968, Brixen

93

Dina Merrill

American actress (1923–2017)

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

60

Kim Moon-soo

South Korean badminton player

*December 29th, 1963, Busan

70

Matthias Platzeck

German politician (SPD)

*December 29th, 1953, Potsdam

85

Jon Voight

American actor (born 1938)

*December 29th, 1938, Yonkers

88

William Ewart Gladstone

British Liberal prime minister (1809–1898)

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

51

Jude Law

English actor

*December 29th, 1972, Lewisham

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

59

Charles Goodyear

American inventor

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

64

Patricia Clarkson

American actress

*December 29th, 1959, New Orleans

76

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen

Archaeologist (1788-1865)

*December 29th, 1788, Copenhagen †May 21st, 1865, Copenhagen

54

Jennifer Ehle

American actress

*December 29th, 1969, Winston-Salem

80

Jo Van Fleet

American actress (1915-1996)

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

74

François Brandt

Dutch rower (1874-1949)

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

89

Giorgio Capitani

Italian film director (1927-2017)

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

77

David Alfaro Siqueiros

Mexican social realist painter (1896–1974)

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

59

Brad Grey

American film and television producer (1957–2017)

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

45

Danny Higginbotham

British association football player (born 1978)

*December 29th, 1978, Manchester

90

Inga Swenson

American actress

*December 29th, 1932, Omaha †July 23rd, 2023, Los Angeles

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Born in 1785

81

Philipp August Böckh

German classical scholar and antiquarian (1785-1867)

*November 24th, 1785, Karlsruhe †August 3rd, 1867, Berlin

88

Alessandro Manzoni

Italian poet and novelist (1785-1873)

*March 7th, 1785, Milan †May 22nd, 1873, Milan

55

Adam von Faßmann

German pharmacist and politician

*January 1st, 1785, Amberg †November 30th, 1840

80

William Jackson Hooker

English botanist and botanical illustrator (1785-1865)

*July 6th, 1785, Norwich †August 12th, 1865, Kew

53

Mahmud II

30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1808 to 1839

*July 20th, 1785, Constantinople †July 1st, 1839, Constantinople

78

Jacob Grimm

German philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist (1785-1863)

*January 4th, 1785, Hanau †September 20th, 1863, Berlin

73

Bettina von Arnim

German writer and novelist (1785-1859)

*April 4th, 1785, Frankfurt †January 20th, 1859, Berlin

65

John James Audubon

French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter (1785–1851)

*April 26th, 1785, Les Cayes †January 27th, 1851, New York City

51

Claude-Louis Navier

French engineer and physicist (1785–1836)

*February 10th, 1785, Dijon †August 21st, 1836, Paris

10

Louis XVII of France

King of France and Navarre

*March 27th, 1785, Versailles †June 8th, 1795, Paris

67

William Beaumont

American physician (1785-1853)

*November 21st, 1785, Lebanon †April 25th, 1853, St. Louis

87

Adam Sedgwick

English geologist (1785-1873)

*March 22nd, 1785, Dent †January 27th, 1873, Cambridge

55

David Wilkie

Scottish painter (1785-1841)

*November 18th, 1785, Fife †June 1st, 1841, Crown Colony of Malta

76

Abel de Pujol

French painter (1785–1861)

*January 30th, 1785, Valenciennes †September 28th, 1861, Paris

68

John Wilson

Scottish advocate, literary critic and author (1785-1854)

*May 18th, 1785, Paisley †April 3rd, 1854, Edinburgh

80

Thomas Love Peacock

English novelist, poet, and official of the East India Company

*October 18th, 1785, Weymouth †January 23rd, 1866, Shepperton

76

José Lázaro de la Garza y Ballesteros

Spanish bishop (1785-1862)

*December 17th, 1785, Montemorelos †March 11th, 1862, Barcelona

85

Charles Green

British balloonist (1785-1870)

*January 31st, 1785, London †March 26th, 1870, London

72

Karol Kurpiński

Polish composer and conductor (1785-1857)

*March 6th, 1785, Włoszakowice †September 18th, 1857, Warsaw

73

Franz von Borries

(1785-1858)

*April 9th, 1785, Stade †August 15th, 1858, Münster

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No: With 365 days 1785 is a normal year and no leap year.

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