Page 2: Historical Events In August - 29

1664  On this day in history adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam   

1686  Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer on this day in history.   

1708  On August - 29 haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians   

1708  On August - 29 english troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia   

1712  Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 on August - 29.   

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

1742  Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist on this day in history.   

1756  Prussian Emperor Frederick II attacks Saxony; beginning of the Seven Years War that will see the English capture Canada on this day in history.   

1756  On this day in history england & France meet in war   

1758  First indian reservation established on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history new Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation   

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

1769  On this day in history edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown)   

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

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

1780  On August - 29 jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)   

1786  Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass on this day in history.   

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

1792  On this day in history english warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900   

1793  On August - 29 slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed   

1799  Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 on August - 29.   

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) on August - 29.   

1821  On August - 29 horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86   

1825  Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil on August - 29.   

1831  Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer on this day in history.   

1842  Treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain on August - 29.   

1842  On this day in history gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war   

1842  On this day in history alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)   

1844  The first white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win on August - 29.   

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

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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 this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

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

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 this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

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 this day in history.   

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