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Jul 29 1590

Gilles Hayne Flemish composer born in Lige (d. 1650) baptismal date

Jul 29 1605

Simon Dach Prussian-German poet born in Memel East Prussia (d. 1659)

Jul 29 1755

Franz Gotz Bohemian composer born in Straice (d. 1815)

Jul 29 1758

Antonius van Gils Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment)

Jul 29 1778

Carl Borromaus Neuner German composer born in Munich Bavaria (d. 1830)

Jul 29 1801

George Bradshaw British publisher born in Manchester England (d. 1853)

Jul 29 1805

Alexis de Tocqueville French statesmanwriter (Democracy in America)

Jul 29 1817

James Blair Steedman American Major General (Union Army) born in Northumberland County Pennsylvania (d. 1883)

Jul 29 1820

Clement Laird Vallandigham MC (Union) (d. 1871)

Jul 29 1861

Alice Hathaway Lee Roosevelt 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt born in Chestnut Hill Massachusetts (d. 1884)

Jul 29 1861

Sergei D Sazonov Russian minister of Foreign Affairs (1910-16)

Jul 29 1828

Cuvier Grover American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Bethel Maine (d. 1885)

Jul 29 1830

Alvan Cullom Gillem American Major General (Union Army) born in Gainesboro Tennessee (d. 1875)

Jul 29 1849

Max Nordau Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. 1923)

Jul 29 1853

Esther de Boer-van Rijk Dutch actress (Kniertje-Hope of Blessing) born in Rotterdam Zuid-Holland Netherlands (d. 1937)

Jul 29 1854

Georg Kerschensteiner German educator (Theory of Education)

Jul 29 1869

Booth Tarkington American novelist (17 Magnificent Ambersons)

Jul 29 1872

Eric Alfred Knudsen American folklorist (d. 1957)

Jul 29 1874

August Stramm German poet and playwright born in Cathedrals (d. 1915)

Jul 29 1874

James Shaver Woodsworth Canadian politician (d. 1942)

Jul 29 1876

Maria Ouspenskaya Russian actress (The Wolf Man Waterloo Bridge) born in Tula Russian Empire (d. 1949)

Jul 29 1878

Don Marquis Ill journalistpoet (archy & mehitabel) (d. 1937)

Jul 29 1883

Porfirio Barba-Jacob Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)

Jul 29 1884

Henri Liebrecht Belgian playwrightjournalist

Jul 29 1884

Ralph A. Bard U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)

Jul 29 1885

Theda Bara American film actress (Cleopatra The Unchastened Woman) born in Avondale Ohio (d. 1955)

Jul 29 1887

Rudi Stephan German composer (Die ersten Menschen) born in Worms Hesse (d. 1915)

Jul 29 1887

Sigmund Romberg Nagykanizsa Hungary operetta composer (Blossom Time)

Jul 29 1887

Tim Mara American founder and administrator (NFL NY Giants) born in New York (d. 1959)

Jul 29 1887

Komako Kimura Japanese suffragette actress and editor (d. 1980)

Jul 29 1888

Niles Welch American actor (Cornered) born in Hartford Connecticut (d. 1976)

Jul 29 1889

Karl Otten German Expressionist writer born in Oberkrchten (d. 1963)

Jul 29 1892

Ernst van Raalte Dutch journalist (Seen heard... wrote) born in Rotterdam South Holland (d. 1975)

Jul 29 1014 Battle of Strumitsa-valley Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies

Jul 29 1179 Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III

Jul 29 1221 Emperor Go-Horikawa aged only 10 years old ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan

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