April 29th, 1816

Born on April 29th, 1816

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 75,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 29th?

April 29th, 2011

Watched by a worldwide television audience of tens of millions, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey in London.

April 29th, 2006

Cyclone Mala made landfall near Thandwe, Myanmar, causing 37 deaths.

April 29th, 1997

The Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons in the 87 countries that had ratified the convention.

April 29th, 1992

The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los Angeles (damage pictured), during which 63 people were killed.

April 29th, 1991

A powerful tropical cyclone struck Chittagong, Bangladesh, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving up to 10 million homeless across the region.

April 29th, 1975

Vietnam War: North Vietnam concluded its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands held by South Vietnam.

April 29th, 1970

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese forces began the Cambodian campaign, aiming to attack North Vietnamese jungle bases.

April 29th, 1968

The controversial Broadway musical Hair, a product of the counterculture of the 1960s, opened, with its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

April 29th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army liberated Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, and killed German prisoners of war.

April 29th, 1944

Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Operations Executive and the local Maquis group.

April 29th, 1910

Parliament passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the express intent of redistributing wealth.

April 29th, 1903

A rockslide buried part of the Canadian mining town of Frank under 110 million tonnes of rock, killing around 70 people.

April 29th, 1863

Confederate forts at Grand Gulf survived a bombardment by Union gunboats, preventing Ulysses S. Grant's troops from crossing the Mississippi River at that point.

April 29th, 1826

In Parramatta, Australia, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop discovered Centaurus A (pictured), which was later recognised as one of the nearest radio galaxies to Earth.

April 29th, 1770

On his first voyage, British explorer James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour (pictured) landed at Botany Bay, making the first recorded European landfall on the eastern coast of Australia.

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

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

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

25

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

71

David Icke

English conspiracy theorist, author, broadcaster, and former football player

*April 29th, 1952, Leicester

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

65

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

*April 29th, 1958, Santa Ana

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York City

94

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician

*April 29th, 1922, Marolles - Marollen †August 22nd, 2016, Braine-l'Alleud

87

Jean Rochefort

French actor

*April 29th, 1930, 20th arrondissement of Paris †October 9th, 2017, 14th arrondissement of Paris

80

Dominique Labourier

French actress

*April 29th, 1943, Paris

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

*April 29th, 1893, Walkerton †January 5th, 1981, La Jolla

53

Andre Agassi

American tennis player (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Las Vegas

40

Semih Şentürk

Turkish footballer

*April 29th, 1983, İzmir

87

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

*April 29th, 1901, Aoyama †January 7th, 1989, Fukiage Gyoen

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

82

Vincent, Count Benedetti

French diplomat and politician (1817-1900)

*April 29th, 1817, Bastia †March 28th, 1900, Paris

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Born in 1816

75

Werner von Siemens

German electrical engineer, inventor and industrialist (1816-1892)

*December 13th, 1816, Lenthe †December 6th, 1892, Charlottenburg

78

Gustav Freytag

German writer and politician (1816-1895)

*July 13th, 1816, Kluczbork †April 30th, 1895, Wiesbaden

38

Charlotte Brontë

British novelist and poet (1816-1855)

*April 21st, 1816, Thornton †March 31st, 1855, Haworth

78

Rudolf von Gneist

German politician (1816–1895)

*August 13th, 1816, Berlin †July 22nd, 1895, Berlin

91

Antoine Béchamp

French scientist

*October 16th, 1816, Bassing †April 15th, 1908, Paris

62

Paul Gervais

French paleontologist and entomologist (1816-1879)

*September 26th, 1816, Paris †February 10th, 1879, Paris

59

Charlotte Cushman

American actress (1816-1876)

*July 23rd, 1816, Boston †February 18th, 1876, Boston

66

Arthur de Gobineau

French diplomat and writer known for racial theories (1816–1882)

*July 14th, 1816, Ville-d'Avray †October 13th, 1882, Turin

39

Józef Bohdan Dziekoński

Polish author

*February 7th, 1816, Warsaw †July 3rd, 1855, Paris

72

Auguste Placet

French conductor (1816-1888)

*October 14th, 1816, Paris †December 10th, 1888

68

Henri Dupuy de Lôme

French naval architect (1816-1885)

*October 15th, 1816, Ploemeur †February 1st, 1885

69

Pierre Loison

French sculptor

*July 5th, 1816, Mer †February 3rd, 1886, Cannes

72

Charles de Bouillé

French politician

*August 30th, 1816, Château de Villars †July 8th, 1889, Saint-Honoré-les-Bains

85

Anna Gardner

American abolitionist, poet, teacher

*January 25th, 1816, Nantucket †February 18th, 1901, Nantucket

69

Ram Singh

Indian activist, spiritual leader (1816–1885)

*February 3rd, 1816, Bhaini †March 1st, 1885, Dhaka

61

François Bazin

French opera composer

*September 4th, 1816, Marseille †July 2nd, 1878, Paris

86

Philip James Bailey

British writer and poet

*April 22nd, 1816, Nottingham †September 6th, 1902, Nottingham

78

Hermann Roemer

German jurist, politician, geologist and art collector (1816-1894)

*January 4th, 1816, Hildesheim †February 24th, 1894, Hildesheim

53

George Henry Thomas

United States Army general (1816-1870)

*July 31st, 1816, Southampton County †March 28th, 1870, San Francisco

71

Gaetano Fraschini

Italian tenor (1816-1887)

*February 16th, 1816, Pavia †May 23rd, 1887, Naples

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Public holidays on April 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 29th.

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Leap year

Yes: 1816 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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