Historical Events In August - 29

1849  Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) on August - 29.   

1851  Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer on August - 29.   

1854  Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) on this day in history.   

1855  Emil Pauer, composer on August - 29.   

1861  American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina on this day in history.   

1861  On August - 29 franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63   

1862  On August - 29 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins   

1862  On August - 29 battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels   

1862  On this day in history uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation   

1862  P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) on this day in history.   

1864  William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae on August - 29.   

1865  On August - 29 john Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54   

1871  Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871) on this day in history.   

1874  On this day in history walter Field   

1876  Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) on August - 29.   

1877  Mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT on this day in history.   

1877  Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) on August - 29.   

1877  On August - 29 brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies   

1879  On this day in history han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher   

1880  Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 on this day in history.   

1881  Edvin Kallstenius, composer on this day in history.   

1882  English cricketers lose to Australia on English soil for the first time , a mock obituary in the Sporting Times then declares the death of English cricket, saying its ashes will be taken to Australia, the origin of the "Ashes" trophy on this day in history.   

1882  Australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket" on this day in history.   

1883  On August - 29 seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion   

1883  On this day in history thomas Ahearn, head of the Ottawa Street Railway Company, presides over a demonstration of his pioneering electric stove at the Windsor Hotel in Ottawa. This is believed to be the world's very first dinner cooked on an all-electric stove.   

1883  Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion on August - 29.   

1884  Ehm Welk, writer on August - 29.   

1885  Boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey on this day in history.   

1885  On August - 29 gottlieb Daimler patents the first motor cycle   

1885  On August - 29 gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle   

1889  1st American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) on this day in history.   

1891  On August - 29 michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody)   

1893  Aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17] on this day in history.   

1894  E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962 on this day in history.   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on August - 29.   

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

1561  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

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

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on August - 29.   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  On this day in history death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  On this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20