August 29th, 1793

Born on August 29th, 1793

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What happened on August 29th?

August 29th, 1914

Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.

August 29th, 2016

Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw 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 (replica pictured).

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

Born on August 29th, 1793

77

Josef Naus

Officer and surveying technician

*August 29th, 1793, Lechaschau †April 6th, 1871, Munich

Same year
Born in 1793

47

George Green

British mathematical physicist (*1793 – †1841)

*July 14th, 1793, Nottingham †May 31st, 1841, Nottingham

50

Casimir Delavigne

French poet and dramatist (1793-1843)

*April 4th, 1793, Le Havre †December 11th, 1843, Lyon

82

Ferdinand I of Austria

Austrian emperor, king of Hungary and Bohemia (1793-1875)

*April 19th, 1793, Vienna †June 29th, 1875, Prague

87

Friedrich Harkort

German industrialist (1793-1880)

*February 25th, 1793, Haus Harkorten †March 6th, 1880, Hombruch

83

Juan Manuel de Rosas

Argentine politician (1793-1877)

*March 30th, 1793, Buenos Aires †March 14th, 1877, Southampton

54

James Dunlop

Australian astronomer (1793–1848)

*October 31st, 1793, Scotland †September 22nd, 1848, New South Wales

69

Dost Mohammad Khan

First Emir of Afghanistan (1823-1863)

*December 23rd, 1793, Kandahar †June 9th, 1863, Herat

87

Michel Chasles

French mathematician (*1793 – †1880)

*November 15th, 1793, Épernon †December 18th, 1880, Paris

76

Jacob de Kempenaer

Dutch politician (1793-1870)

*July 6th, 1793, Amsterdam †February 12th, 1870, Arnhem

60

Friedrich Traugott Friedemann

German educator and archivist (1793-1853)

*March 31st, 1793, Stolpen †May 2nd, 1853, Idstein

65

Agostino Codazzi

Italian scientist, geographer and cartographer (1793-1859)

*July 12th, 1793, Lugo †February 7th, 1859, Agustín Codazzi

79

Karl Zell

German classical philologist (1793-1873)

*April 8th, 1793, Mannheim †January 24th, 1873, Freiburg im Breisgau

49

Karl Seydelmann

German actor (1793–1843)

*April 24th, 1793, Kłodzko †March 17th, 1843, Berlin

76

Karl Wilhelm Göttling

German classical philologist (1793–1869)

*January 19th, 1793, Jena †January 20th, 1869, Jena

73

Eugène Walckiers

French composer

*July 22nd, 1793, Avesnes-sur-Helpe †September 1st, 1866, Paris

60

Johannes Cornelis de Jonge

Dutch author

*May 9th, 1793, Zierikzee †June 12th, 1853, Rijswijk

64

Jean Claude Eugène Péclet

French physicist (1793-1857)

*February 10th, 1793, Besançon †December 6th, 1857, former 11th arrondissement of Paris

83

Nicolas Anne Théodule Changarnier

French general (1793-1877)

*April 26th, 1793, Autun †February 14th, 1877, Paris

72

Charles Lock Eastlake

English painter, gallery director, collector and writer (1793-1865)

*November 17th, 1793, Plymouth †December 24th, 1865, Pisa

64

Johann Langer

Austrian author

*April 7th, 1793, Vienna †January 29th, 1858, Vienna

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No: With 365 days 1793 is a normal year and no leap year.

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