Historical Events In August - 29

1664  On August - 29 adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam   

1686  On August - 29 wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer   

1708  Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians on August - 29.   

1708  English troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia on August - 29.   

1712  Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1738  On this day in history georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81   

1742  On August - 29 edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist   

1756  Prussian Emperor Frederick II attacks Saxony; beginning of the Seven Years War that will see the English capture Canada on August - 29.   

1756  England & France meet in war on this day in history.   

1758  First indian reservation established on this day in history.   

1758  On August - 29 new Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation   

1758  On this day in history gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75   

1769  Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.   

1773  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) on this day in history.   

1776  Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester on August - 29.   

1780  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) on August - 29.   

1786  On August - 29 shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass   

1792  At least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline on this day in history.   

1792  On August - 29 english warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900   

1793  On this day in history slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed   

1799  Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer on this day in history.   

1809  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) on this day in history.   

1810  Over 600 prostitutes counted in Lower Canada (must be the cold winters) on August - 29.   

1811  On August - 29 henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA   

1815  On August - 29 anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)   

1821  On this day in history horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86   

1825  On this day in history portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.   

1831  On this day in history michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer   

1842  Treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain on this day in history.   

1842  Gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war on August - 29.   

1842  On August - 29 alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)   

1844  On this day in history the first white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win   

1844  On August - 29 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win   

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

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

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on this day in history.   

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

1619  On August - 29 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  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.   

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

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

1395  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

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 August - 29.   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.