Page 3: Historical Events In August - 29

1849  On this day in history titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)   

1851  Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

1854  On this day in history self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)   

1855  On this day in history emil Pauer, composer   

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

1861  On this day in history 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 August - 29 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  John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54 on August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT.   

1877  On this day in history alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)   

1877  On this day in history brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies   

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

1880  Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 on August - 29.   

1881  On this day in history edvin Kallstenius, composer   

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 August - 29.   

1882  On this day in history australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket"   

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

1884  Ehm Welk, writer on this day in history.   

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

1891  Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody) on this day in history.   

1893  Aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17] on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1093  On this day in history death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on August - 29.   

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

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 August - 29.