March 29th, 1806

Born on March 29th, 1806

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What happened on March 29th, 1806?

March 29th, 1806

Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Road

What else happened on March 29th?

March 29th, 1968

The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, began in Moscow with tens of thousands of people in attendance.

March 29th, 2017

British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

March 29th, 2010

Islamist separatists of the Caucasus Emirate detonated two bombs on the Moscow Metro, killing 40 people and injuring 102 others.

March 29th, 1982

Queen Elizabeth II granted royal assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended any remaining constitutional dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as patriation.

March 29th, 1981

Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen jointly won the Men's Elite Race and Joyce Smith won the Women's Elite Race in the inaugural London Marathon.

March 29th, 1975

Jeff Beck released Blow by Blow, his most successful album in the U.S., reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.

March 29th, 1974

NASA's Mariner 10 (pictured) became the first space probe to make a flyby of Mercury.

March 29th, 1969

The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was formed.

March 29th, 1951

The King and I, a musical about Mongkut of Siam by Rodgers and Hammerstein, premiered on Broadway.

March 29th, 1941

Second World War: British and Australian ships defeated Italian Regia Marina vessels at the Battle of Cape Matapan.

March 29th, 1882

The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

March 29th, 1865

American Civil War: The Appomattox campaign opened with the Battle of Lewis's Farm, in which the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was forced into a series of retreats that would culminate in their surrender.

March 29th, 1807

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Vesta, the brightest asteroid and second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.

March 29th, 1800

William Matthews was ordained as the first Catholic priest born in British America.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on March 29th?

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

98

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

*March 29th, 1911, Cologne †January 1st, 2010, Norwich

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

69

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

25

Sulli

South Korean singer and actress (1994-2019)

*March 29th, 1994, Haeundae District †October 14th, 2019, Sujeong-su

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

*March 29th, 1918, Kingfisher †April 5th, 1992, Little Rock

57

Michel Hazanavicius

French film director, producer and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1967, Paris

37

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

*March 29th, 1987, Saint-Pierre

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

64

Annabella Sciorra

American actress

*March 29th, 1960, Brooklyn

74

Wilhelm Liebknecht

German socialist and political activist

*March 29th, 1826, Giessen †August 7th, 1900, Charlottenburg

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

67

Hanna Reitsch

German aviator

*March 29th, 1912, Jelenia Góra †August 24th, 1979, Frankfurt

70

Karoline Bauer

German actress

*March 29th, 1807, Heidelberg †October 18th, 1877, Zürich

102

Ernst Jünger

German writer

*March 29th, 1895, Heidelberg †February 17th, 1998, Riedlingen

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

70

Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby

British politician (1799–1869)

*March 29th, 1799, London †October 23rd, 1869, Lancashire

Same year
Born in 1806

66

John Stuart Mill

British philosopher and political economist (1806–1873)

*May 20th, 1806, London Borough of Islington †May 8th, 1873, Avignon

88

Karl Ernst Georges

German teacher and classical philologist

*December 26th, 1806, Gotha †August 25th, 1895, Gotha

55

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

British poet, author

*March 6th, 1806, Coxhoe Hall †June 29th, 1861, Florence

86

Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss scientist (1806-1893)

*October 27th, 1806, Paris †April 4th, 1893, Geneva

64

Augustus De Morgan

British mathematician, philosopher and university teacher (1806–1871)

*June 27th, 1806, Madurai †March 18th, 1871, London

33

Flora Hastings

Noblewoman; British aristocrat and lady-in-waiting to Queen Victoria's mother (1806-1839)

*February 11th, 1806, Loudoun Castle †July 5th, 1839, London

66

Benito Juárez

President of Mexico (1806-1872)

*March 21st, 1806, San Pablo Guelatao †July 18th, 1872, Mexico City

68

Marc-Charles-Gabriel Gleyre

Swiss artist (1806-1874)

*May 2nd, 1806, Chevilly †May 5th, 1874, Paris

81

Ferdinand Gustav Kühne

German author

*December 21st, 1806, Magdeburg †April 20th, 1888, Dresden

83

Michele Amari

Italian patriot and arabist

*July 7th, 1806, Palermo †July 16th, 1889, Florence

59

Manfredo Fanti

Italian general (1806-1865)

*February 23rd, 1806, Carpi †April 5th, 1865, Florence

51

Alexander Ivanov

Russian artist (1806-1858)

*July 16th, 1806, Saint Petersburg †July 3rd, 1858, Saint Petersburg

49

Max Stirner

German philosopher (1806-1856)

*October 25th, 1806, Bayreuth †June 26th, 1856, Berlin

79

Hans Victor von Unruh

Prussian and German politician (1806-1886)

*March 28th, 1806, Sovetsk †February 4th, 1886, Dessau

59

Preston King

American politician

*October 14th, 1806, Ogdensburg †November 12th, 1865, New York Harbor

89

Gilbert Duprez

French tenor, singing teacher and minor composer

*December 6th, 1806, former 6th arrondissement of Paris †September 23rd, 1896, rue de la Tour

70

Catherine Labouré

French Daughter of Charity and saint

*May 2nd, 1806, Fain-lès-Moutiers †December 31st, 1876, 12th arrondissement of Paris

74

Heinrich Aemilius August Danz

German jurist (1806-1881)

*December 11th, 1806, Jena †May 17th, 1881, Jena

25

Emilia Plater

Polish-Lithuanian noblewoman

*November 13th, 1806, Vilnius †December 23rd, 1831, Vainežeris

76

Eugen Napoleon Neureuther

German artist (1806-1882)

*January 13th, 1806, Munich †March 23rd, 1882, Munich

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1806 is a normal year and no leap year.

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