December 29th, 1788

Born on December 29th, 1788

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 (aftermath pictured) 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, 1788

76

Christian Jürgensen Thomsen

Archaeologist (1788-1865)

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

Same year
Born in 1788

36

Lord Byron

English Romantic poet and lyricist (1788–1824)

*January 22nd, 1788, City of Westminster †April 19th, 1824, Missolonghi

72

Arthur Schopenhauer

German philosopher (1788–1860)

*February 22nd, 1788, Gdańsk †September 21st, 1860, Frankfurt

74

Boniface de Castellane

Marshal of France (1788-1862)

*March 26th, 1788, Paris †September 16th, 1862, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon

50

Godefroy Engelmann

French-German lithographer (1788-1839)

*August 17th, 1788, Mulhouse †April 25th, 1839, Mulhouse

39

Augustin-Jean Fresnel

French engineer and physicist (1788-1827)

*May 10th, 1788, Broglie †July 14th, 1827, Ville-d'Avray

63

Margaret Taylor

First Lady of the United States from 1849 to 1850

*September 21st, 1788, Calvert County †August 14th, 1852, Mississippi

90

Sarah Josepha Hale

American writer and editor (1788–1879)

*October 13th, 1788, Newport †April 30th, 1879, Philadelphia

52

Theodore Hook

British writer

*September 22nd, 1788, London †August 24th, 1841, Fulham

71

Walenty Zwierkowski

*February 20th, 1788, Mokrzesz †December 15th, 1859, 10th arrondissement of Paris

89

Antoine César Becquerel

French scientist and pioneer in the study of electric and luminescent phenomena (1788-1878)

*March 7th, 1788, Châtillon-Coligny †January 18th, 1878, 5th arrondissement of Paris

56

Rafael Urdaneta

Venezuelan General (1788-1845)

*October 24th, 1788, Maracaibo †August 23rd, 1845, Venezuela

66

Carlos de Borbón y Borbón-Parma

Infante of Spain (1788–1855)

*March 29th, 1788, Aranjuez †March 10th, 1855, Trieste

38

Hugh Clapperton

Royal Navy officer and explorer

*May 18th, 1788, Annan †April 13th, 1827, Sokoto

64

Leopold Gmelin

German chemist (1788–1853)

*August 2nd, 1788, Göttingen †April 13th, 1853, Heidelberg

86

Johann Peter Pixis

German pianist and composer

*February 10th, 1788, Mannheim †December 22nd, 1874, Baden-Baden

78

Pedro Ferré

Argentinian politician

*June 29th, 1788, Corrientes †January 21st, 1867, Buenos Aires

58

Peter Dillon

Sea captain (1788-1847)

*June 15th, 1788, Martinique †February 9th, 1847, former 12th arrondissement of Paris

53

Joseph Kopp

German classical philologist

*November 16th, 1788, Lohberg †July 7th, 1842, Erlangen

55

Henry Sass

British artist (1788-1844)

*April 24th, 1788, London †January 1st, 1844, London

61

Adoniram Judson

American missionary (1788-1850)

*August 9th, 1788, Malden †April 12th, 1850, Bay of Bengal

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Leap year

Yes: 1788 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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