January 29th, 1829

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Born on January 29th, 1829 – Weekday, Age & Zodiac
Age in days, weeks and months
What happened on January 29th?
Birthdays of famous people
Public holidays on January 29th
Date as a Roman numeral / digit
Calendar (January 1829)

Born on January 29th, 1829

Weekday

Thursday

January 29th, 1829 was a Thursday.

Age

195

People born on January 29th, 1829 (assuming the person is still alive) would have turned 195 years old this year (2024).

Zodiac

♒

Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

January 21st, 1829 - February 19th, 1829

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 71,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 688 days, exactly on March 17th, 2026, people who were born on January 29th, 1829 will be 72,000 days old!

71,312 Days

10,187 Weeks

2,342 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

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What happened on January 29th?

January 29th, 2017

A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.

January 29th, 2009

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions are also eligible to receive government identity documents.

January 29th, 2006

India's Irfan Pathan became the only bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.

January 29th, 1991

The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.

January 29th, 1967

The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

January 29th, 1944

World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.

January 29th, 1943

World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.

January 29th, 1911

Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.

January 29th, 1891

Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.

January 29th, 1863

American Indian Wars: The U.S. Army led by Patrick Edward Connor massacred Chief Bear Hunter and Shoshone forces at the Bear River Massacre in present-day Franklin County, Idaho.

January 29th, 1856

Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.

January 29th, 1845

American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror, its first publication attributed to Poe.

January 29th, 1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: At the Battle of Brienne, both sides' commanders, Napoleon and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, were nearly captured.

January 29th, 0904

Sergius III (pictured), whose pontificate was marked by feudal violence and disorder in central Italy, returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

January 29th, 2013

Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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

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

Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

*January 29th, 1860, Taganrog †July 2nd, 1904, Badenweiler

William McKinley

President of the United States from 1897 to 1901

*January 29th, 1843, Niles †September 14th, 1901, Buffalo

Tommaso Villa

Italian lawyer and politician (1832-1915)

*January 29th, 1832, Mondovì †July 24th, 1915, Turin

Romain Rolland

French author (1866-1944)

*January 29th, 1866, Clamecy †December 30th, 1944, Vézelay

The Quiett

South Korean rapper

*January 29th, 1985, Gwangmyeong

Syed Mohammed Arif

Badminton player and trainer

*January 29th, 1944, Hyderabad

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

Oprah Winfrey

American talk show host, actress, producer, and author (born 1954)

*January 29th, 1954, Kosciusko

John Raitt

American singer and actor (1917-2005)

*January 29th, 1917, Santa Ana †February 20th, 2005, Pacific Palisades

Louis Prével

French rower (1879-1964)

*January 29th, 1879, Nice †November 26th, 1964, Nice

Victor Mature

American actor (1913–1999)

*January 29th, 1913, Louisville †August 4th, 1999, Rancho Santa Fe

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

Cuban cosmonaut

*January 29th, 1942, Guantánamo

Sam Trammell

American actor

*January 29th, 1969, New Orleans

Charles Méré

French screenwriter

*January 29th, 1883, Marseille †October 2nd, 1970, Paris

Linda B. Buck

American biologist

*January 29th, 1947, Seattle

Carl Frederik Aagaard

Painter from Denmark (1833-1895)

*January 29th, 1833, Odense †November 2nd, 1895, Copenhagen

Germaine Greer

Australian writer and public intellectual (born 1939)

*January 29th, 1939, Melbourne

Heinz Lieberich

German legal historian and archivist (1905–1999)

*January 29th, 1905, Kaiserslautern †October 24th, 1999, Mosbach

Abdus Salam

Theoretical physicist, and Nobel Prize in Physics recipient

*January 29th, 1926, Jhang †November 21st, 1996, Oxford

Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Spanish author (1867-1928)

*January 29th, 1867, Valencia †January 28th, 1928, Menton

Same year
Born in 1829

Chester A. Arthur

President of the United States from 1881 to 1885

*October 5th, 1829, Fairfield †November 18th, 1886, New York City

Ferdinand von Hochstetter

German geologist

*April 30th, 1829, Esslingen am Neckar †July 18th, 1884, Vienna

Louis Constanz Berger

German manufacturer and liberal politician (1829-1891)

*August 28th, 1829, Witten †August 9th, 1891, Koblenz-Horchheim

Auguste Beernaert

Belgian prime minister and human rights activist (1829-1912)

*July 26th, 1829, Ostend †October 6th, 1912, Lucerne

Carl Schurz

Union Army general, politician (1829-1906)

*March 2nd, 1829, Liblar †May 14th, 1906, New York City

Oscar II of Sweden

King of Sweden from 1872 to 1907 and Norway from 1872 to 1905

*January 21st, 1829, Stockholm †December 8th, 1907, Stockholm

Manuel Tamayo y Baus

Spanish dramatist

*September 15th, 1829, Madrid †June 20th, 1898, Madrid

Anton Rubinstein

Russian pianist, composer and conductor

*November 16th, 1829, Ofatinți †November 8th, 1894, Petergof

Camillo Walzel

German librettist (1829-1895)

*February 11th, 1829, Magdeburg †March 17th, 1895, Vienna

Carl Frederik Tietgen

Danish businessman

*March 19th, 1829, Odense †October 19th, 1901, Copenhagen

Geronimo

Leader of the Bedonkohe Apache (1829-1909)

*June 16th, 1829, Gila River †February 17th, 1909, Fort Sill

Alfred Brehm

German naturalist (1829-1884)

*February 2nd, 1829, Renthendorf †November 11th, 1884, Renthendorf

Levi Strauss

German-Jewish-born American businessman

*February 26th, 1829, Buttenheim †September 26th, 1902, San Francisco

Juan Facundo Riaño y Montero

*November 24th, 1829, Granada †February 27th, 1901, Madrid

Asaph Hall

American astronomer (*1829 – †1907)

*October 15th, 1829, Goshen †November 22nd, 1907, Annapolis

August Kekulé

German organic chemist

*September 7th, 1829, Darmstadt †July 13th, 1896, Bonn

Robert Lowry

32nd governor of Mississippi

*March 10th, 1829, Chesterfield County †January 19th, 1910, Jackson

Thomas Hill

American painter (1829–1908)

*September 11th, 1829, West Midlands †June 30th, 1908, Madera County

Carl von Hänisch

German officer (1829-1908)

*January 4th, 1829, Racibórz †September 5th, 1908, Charlottenburg

Catherine Booth

Mother of The Salvation Army

*January 17th, 1829, Ashbourne †October 4th, 1890, Clacton-on-Sea

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 29th

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

Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fat_Thursday

Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_Day

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

XXIX.I.MDCCCXXIX

29.1.1829

Legend

M = 1000

D = 500

C = 100

X = 10

IX = 9

I = 1

Leap year

No: With 365 days 1829 is a normal year and no leap year.

Calendar
January 1829

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w#	Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
1				1	2	3	4
2	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
3	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
4	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
5	26	27	28	29	30	31

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Born on January 29th, 1829

Weekday

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Age

Zodiac

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Aquarius (The Water-Bearer)

Age in days, weeks and months Wow, over 71,000 days old!

71,312 Days

10,187 Weeks

2,342 Months

... in seconds, minutes and hours

Seconds

Minutes

Hours

What happened on January 29th?

A lone gunman carried out a mass shooting at a mosque in Quebec City, Canada, killing six people and injuring up to nineteen others.

The Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt ruled that people who did not adhere to one of the three government-recognised religions are also eligible to receive government identity documents.

India's Irfan Pathan became the only bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match.

The first major ground engagement of the Gulf War began with the Iraqi invasion of Khafji, Saudi Arabia, recaptured three days later by Coalition forces.

The Mantra-Rock Dance (poster pictured), called the "ultimate high" of the hippie era, took place in San Francisco, featuring Swami Bhaktivedanta, Janis Joplin, the Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.

World War II: At least 38 civilians were killed and about a dozen others injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy was attacked by a Soviet partisan unit with a contingent of Jewish partisans.

World War II: The Battle of Rennell Island, the last major naval engagement between the United States Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign, began.

Mexican Revolution: The Magonista rebellion began when Mexican Liberal Party troops captured the town of Mexicali.

Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Hawaiian Kingdom, ascended the throne.

American Indian Wars: The U.S. Army led by Patrick Edward Connor massacred Chief Bear Hunter and Shoshone forces at the Bear River Massacre in present-day Franklin County, Idaho.

Queen Victoria introduced the Victoria Cross, originally to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.

American poet Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven" appeared in The Evening Mirror, its first publication attributed to Poe.

War of the Sixth Coalition: At the Battle of Brienne, both sides' commanders, Napoleon and Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, were nearly captured.

Sergius III (pictured), whose pontificate was marked by feudal violence and disorder in central Italy, returned from exile to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

Twenty-one people died when SCAT Airlines Flight 760 crashed near Almaty, Kazakhstan.

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

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

Same year Born in 1829

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on January 29th

Gildas

Sabinian of Troyes

Sulpitius I of Bourges

January 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Earliest day on which Fat Thursday can fall, while March 4 is the latest; celebrated on Thursday before Ash Wednesday. (Christianity)

Kansas Day (Kansas, United States)

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

29.1.1829

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Age in days, weeks and months
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