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 August - 29.   

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

1855  Emil Pauer, composer on August - 29.   

1861  American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina on August - 29.   

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  US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation on August - 29.   

1862  On this day in history p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)   

1864  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

1876  On August - 29 charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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

1877  Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) on this day in history.   

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

1879  Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher on this day in history.   

1880  On August - 29 marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117   

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 this day in history.   

1882  On August - 29 australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket"   

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  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 on this day in history.   

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

1884  On this day in history 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  Gottlieb Daimler patents the first motor cycle on August - 29.   

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 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  On this day in history e Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962   

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

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on this day in history.   

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

1561  On August - 29 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.   

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

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

1442  On this day in history 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