October 29th, 1810

Born on October 29th, 1810

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What happened on October 29th?

October 29th, 2007

Somali pirates hijacked a North Korean ship in the Indian Ocean northeast of Mogadishu.

October 29th, 1883

The San Francisco Mint signed a contract to produce the Kalākaua coinage (coin pictured) for the Hawaiian Kingdom.

October 29th, 2013

The first phase of the Marmaray project opened with an undersea rail tunnel (train pictured) across the Bosphorus strait.

October 29th, 2012

Hurricane Sandy, the largest Atlantic hurricane on record, made landfall in New Jersey and caused nearly $75 billion in damages, becoming the second-most destructive storm in U.S. history.

October 29th, 1999

About 10,000 people died when the most intense tropical cyclone ever recorded in the North Indian Ocean made landfall in the Indian state of Odisha near Bhubaneswar.

October 29th, 1998

At 77 years old, former astronaut John Glenn (pictured) returned to space aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on the STS-95 mission.

October 29th, 1991

Galileo became the first spacecraft to visit an asteroid when it made a flyby of 951 Gaspra.

October 29th, 1986

British prime minister Margaret Thatcher officially opened the M25, one of Britain's busiest motorways.

October 29th, 1960

A C-46 airliner carrying the Cal Poly Mustangs football team crashed during takeoff from Toledo Express Airport in Ohio, U.S., resulting in 22 deaths.

October 29th, 1956

Following the nationalisation of the Egypt's Suez Canal, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom invaded the Sinai Peninsula.

October 29th, 1955

An explosion, likely caused by a World War II–era naval mine, capsized the Soviet ship Novorossiysk in the harbor of Sevastopol, with the loss of 608 men.

October 29th, 1948

Arab–Israeli War: The Israel Defense Forces massacred at least 52 villagers while capturing the Palestinian Arab village of Safsaf.

October 29th, 1868

The Nanbu clan of Honshu surrendered to imperial forces during the Boshin War.

October 29th, 1863

American Civil War: The Battle of Wauhatchie, one of the few night battles of the war, concluded with the Union Army opening a supply line to troops in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

October 29th, 1831

Rioting broke out in Bristol, England, after the Second Reform Bill failed to pass parliament, causing 250 casualties and £300,000 of damage (pictured).

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

Same year
Born in 1810

39

Frédéric Chopin

Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

*February 22nd, 1810, Żelazowa Wola †October 17th, 1849, Paris

46

Robert Schumann

German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)

*June 8th, 1810, Zwickau †July 29th, 1856, Endenich

82

Bertha von Marenholtz-Bülow

German educator, editor (1810–1893)

*March 5th, 1810, Küblingen †January 9th, 1893, Dresden

71

Theodor Schwann

German physiologist

*December 7th, 1810, Santiago †January 11th, 1882, Cologne

25

Karel Hynek Mácha

Czech poet, traveller, playwright, lawyer and writer (1810–1836)

*November 16th, 1810, Prague †November 6th, 1836, Litoměřice

80

P. T. Barnum

American showman and politician (1810–1891)

*July 5th, 1810, Bethel †April 7th, 1891, Bridgeport

65

Francesco Maria Piave

Italian librettist

*May 18th, 1810, Murano †March 5th, 1876, Milan

73

Juan Bautista Alberdi

Argentinian politician

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

74

Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre

Spanish noble and politician (1810-1885)

*December 17th, 1810, Isla de León †November 26th, 1885, Madrid

93

Leo XIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903

*March 2nd, 1810, Carpineto Romano †July 20th, 1903, Rome

46

Alfred de Musset

French writer (1810-1857)

*December 11th, 1810, Paris †May 2nd, 1857, Paris

55

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell

British author

*September 29th, 1810, London †November 12th, 1865, Alton

75

Edmond Boissier

Swiss botanist, explorer and mathematician (1810-1885)

*May 25th, 1810, Geneva †September 25th, 1885, Valeyres-sous-Rances

78

James Freeman Clarke

American theologian and writer (1810–1888)

*April 4th, 1810, Hanover †June 8th, 1888, Jamaica Plain

67

Henri Victor Regnault

French physicist

*July 21st, 1810, Aachen †January 19th, 1878, Paris

72

Hugh Allan

Shipping magnate, financier and capitalist

*September 29th, 1810, Saltcoats †December 9th, 1882, Edinburgh

83

Ernst Kummer

German mathematician

*January 29th, 1810, Żary †May 14th, 1893, Berlin

77

Asa Gray

American botanist (1810–1888)

*November 18th, 1810, Paris †January 30th, 1888, Cambridge

82

Ferenc Erkel

Hungarian composer, conductor and pianist (1810–1893)

*November 7th, 1810, Gyula †June 25th, 1893, Budapest

50

Sidney Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Lea

British politician (1810-1861)

*September 16th, 1810, Richmond †August 2nd, 1861, Wilton House

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1810 is a normal year and no leap year.

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