Death anniversary

Rudolf Diesel

Died on September 29, 1913

113

Years ago

114th anniversary next

The 114th anniversary falls on September 29, 2027, in 339 days.

Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel (English:, German:; 18 March 1858 – 29 September 1913) was a German inventor and mechanical engineer. He is best known for inventing the diesel engine, which burns diesel fuel.

Text from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0

Explore

Share this anniversary

Related people4

1547–1616

Miguel de Cervantes

Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra ( sur-VAN-teez, -⁠tiz; Spanish:; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616) was a Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureDied aged 68

View profile

Photo: Attributed to Juan de Jáuregui · Public domain

b. 1943

Lech Wałęsa

Lech Wałęsa (born 29 September 1943) is a Polish statesman, anticommunist dissident and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who served as the president of Poland between 1990 and 1995.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

PoliticsAge 83

View profile

Photo: MEDEF · CC BY-SA 2.0

1901–1954

Enrico Fermi

Enrico Fermi (Italian:; 29 September 1901 – 28 November 1954) was an Italian and naturalized-American physicist, renowned for being the creator of the world's first artificial nuclear reactor, Chicago Pile-1, and a member of the Manhattan Project.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

ScienceWould be 125

View profile

Photo: Department of Energy-Office of Public Affairs, restored by Yann · Public domain

1840–1902

Émile Zola

Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (also US:; French:; 2 April 1840 – 29 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of theatrical naturalism.

Source: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0

LiteratureDied aged 62

View profile

Photo: Émile Zola · Public domain