Page 3: Historical Events In August - 29

1849  On August - 29 titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)   

1851  On this day in history willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer   

1854  On August - 29 self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)   

1855  Emil Pauer, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1862  On this day in history 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins   

1862  Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels on August - 29.   

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

1862  On August - 29 p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)   

1864  On this day in history william Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae   

1865  On this day in history john Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54   

1871  On this day in history 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).   

1874  Walter Field on August - 29.   

1876  Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1877  Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies on this day in history.   

1879  On August - 29 han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher   

1880  On this day in history marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117   

1881  On August - 29 edvin Kallstenius, composer   

1882  On this day in history 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   

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

1883  Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1884  On August - 29 ehm Welk, writer   

1885  On August - 29 boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey   

1885  On this day in history gottlieb Daimler patents the first motor cycle   

1885  Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle on this day in history.   

1889  On August - 29 1st American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI)   

1891  On this day in history michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody)   

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

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 August - 29.   

1434  On this day in history birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

1561  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

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

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.   

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

0886  On this day in history basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

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

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

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

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