Historical Events In August - 29

0029  On August - 29 john the Baptist, beheaded   

0284  Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs) on August - 29.   

0284  On August - 29 gen Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome   

0708  On August - 29 copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).   

0886  The Byzantine emperor Basil I dies after a 19-year reign that has been marked by rare wisdom despite its treacherous beginnings and despite Basil's lack of education on August - 29.   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

1178  Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III on August - 29.   

1261  Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV on August - 29.   

1350  On August - 29 battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.   

1387  On this day in history henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

1434  On August - 29 janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1475  Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts on this day in history.   

1476  On August - 29 kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1484  Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII on August - 29.   

1521  The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade on August - 29.   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs   

1526  On this day in history hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohács   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.   

1533  On August - 29 atahualpa, the last Incan king of Peru, is murdered at the request of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.   

1533  On August - 29 francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa   

1533  Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors on this day in history.   

1540  Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges on this day in history.   

1541  The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom on this day in history.   

1542  Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516) on August - 29.   

1561  On August - 29 bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  On this day in history sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1612  Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese on August - 29.   

1619  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1632  On this day in history john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

1640  English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland on August - 29.   

1653  Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49 on August - 29.   

1655  On this day in history swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw   

1657  On August - 29 john Lilburne, English dissenter   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.   

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on this day in history.   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20