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Born on January 29
- 1455 » Johann Reuchlin, German-born humanist and scholar († 1522)
- 1475 » Giuliano Bugiardini, Italian painter († 1555)
- 1499 » Katharina von Bora, wife of Martin Luther; formerly a Roman Catholic nun († 1552)
- 1525 » Lelio Sozzini, Italian humanist and reformer († 1562)
- 1584 » Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange († 1647)
- 1591 » Franciscus Junius, pioneer of Germanic philology († 1677)
- 1602 » Countess Amalie Elisabeth of Hanau-Münzenberg († 1651)
- 1632 » Johann Georg Graevius, German scholar and critic († 1703)
- 1650 » Juan de Galavís, Spanish Roman Catholic archbishop of Santo Domingo and Bogotá († 1739)
- 1688 » Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish astronomer, philosopher, and theologian († 1772)
Died on January 29
- 1327 » Adolf, Count Palatine of the Rhine (b. 1300)
- 1465 » Louis, Duke of Savoy (b. 1413)
- 1597 » Elias Ammerbach, German organist and composer (b. 1530)
- 1608 » Frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)
- 1647 » Francis Meres, English priest and author (b. 1565)
- 1678 » Jerónimo Lobo, Portuguese missionary and author (b. 1593)
- 1706 » Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (b. 1638)
- 1737 » George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, Scottish-English field marshal and politician, Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1666)
- 1743 » André-Hercule de Fleury, French cardinal (b. 1653)
- 1763 » Louis Racine, French poet (b. 1692)
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Source: Wikipedia Historical events 1453
- Graaf Filips I de Goede (Beiers Huis) was from 1433 till 1467 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Graafschap Holland)
- April 6 » Mehmed II begins his siege of Constantinople (Istanbul), which falls on May 29.
- April 20 » Three Genoese galleys and a Byzantine blockade runner fight their way through an Ottoman blockading fleet a few weeks before the fall of Constantinople.
- May 29 » Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
- July 17 » Battle of Castillon: The last battle of Hundred Years' War, the French under Jean Bureau defeat the English under the Earl of Shrewsbury, who is killed in the battle in Gascony.
- October 19 » Hundred Years' War: Three months after the Battle of Castillon, England loses its last possessions in southern France.
- October 28 » Ladislaus the Posthumous is crowned king of Bohemia in Prague.