December 29th, 1823

Born on December 29th, 1823

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 73,000 days old!

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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

Same year
Born in 1823

90

Alfred Russel Wallace

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

*January 8th, 1823, Usk †November 7th, 1913, Broadstone

38

Abdülmecid I

31th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1839–1861)

*April 25th, 1823, Istanbul †June 25th, 1861, Istanbul

62

Eduard Oscar Schmidt

German zoologist (1823–1886)

*February 21st, 1823, Torgau †January 17th, 1886, Kappelrodeck

70

Louis Martin

Father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, spouse of and Marie-Azélie Guérin (1823-1894)

*August 22nd, 1823, Bordeaux †July 29th, 1894, Arnières-sur-Iton

63

Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

*March 31st, 1823, Moscow †June 2nd, 1886, Schelykovo

67

Théodore de Banville

French writer (1823-1891)

*March 14th, 1823, Moulins †March 13th, 1891, Paris

76

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

68

Leopold Kronecker

German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)

*December 7th, 1823, Legnica †December 29th, 1891, Berlin

91

Jean-Henri Fabre

French entomologist and author (1823-1915)

*December 21st, 1823, Saint-Léons †October 11th, 1915, Sérignan-du-Comtat

65

Alexandre Cabanel

French painter (1823–1889)

*September 28th, 1823, Montpellier †January 23rd, 1889, Paris

72

John Russell Hind

English astronomer

*May 12th, 1823, Nottingham †December 23rd, 1895, Twickenham

76

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

29

Gotthold Eisenstein

German mathematician

*April 16th, 1823, Berlin †October 11th, 1852, Berlin

36

Phineas Gage

19th century American railway worker who survived a large brain trauma

*July 9th, 1823, Grafton County †May 21st, 1860, San Francisco

72

Adolf Streckfuß

German author (1823–1895)

*May 10th, 1823, Berlin †October 11th, 1895, Berlin

37

Zacharias Dase

German mental calculator

*November 30th, 1823, Hamburg †November 30th, 1860, Hamburg

56

William Henry Powell

American artist (1823–1879)

*February 14th, 1823, New York City †October 6th, 1879, New York City

62

Hedwig Prohl

German writer (1823–1886)

*June 30th, 1823, Gniew †February 12th, 1886, Wrocław

76

Emma Hardinge Britten

British spiritualist, editor (1823-1899)

*May 2nd, 1823, London †October 2nd, 1899, Manchester

68

Edward Augustus Freeman

English historian (1823–1892)

*August 2nd, 1823, Harborne †March 16th, 1892, Alicante

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1823 is a normal year and no leap year.

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