Famous Birthdays
- Louis Laurent Gabriel de Mortillet, French anthropologist who was the first to organize and classify Stone Age cultures into a chronological sequence of epochs, born in Meylan, France (d. 1898)
Famous Deaths
- Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86
1821 Highlights
About August 29, 1821
Day of the Week: Wednesday
How Long Ago? 198 years, 4 months and 25 days
Leap Year: No
Star Sign: Virgo
