Historical Events In August - 29

0029  On August - 29 john the Baptist, beheaded  

0284  Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs) on this day in history.  

0284  On August - 29 gen Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome  

0708  On August - 29 copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).  

0886  The Byzantine emperor Basil I dies after a 19-year reign that has been marked by rare wisdom despite its treacherous beginnings and despite Basil's lack of education on this day in history.  

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

1178  Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III on August - 29.  

1261  Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV on August - 29.  

1350  On August - 29 battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.  

1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) on August - 29.  

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

1475  On this day in history treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts  

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) on this day in history.  

1484  Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII on this day in history.  

1521  On this day in history the Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.  

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.  

1526  Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs on August - 29.  

1526  On August - 29 hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohács  

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.  

1533  Atahualpa, the last Incan king of Peru, is murdered at the request of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro on August - 29.  

1533  On this day in history francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa  

1533  On August - 29 atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors  

1540  On this day in history emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges  

1541  The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom on this day in history.  

1542  On this day in history cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516)  

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

1609  On August - 29 sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)  

1612  On this day in history battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese  

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

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

1640  English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland on this day in history.  

1653  Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49 on August - 29.  

1655  On August - 29 swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw  

1657  John Lilburne, English dissenter on August - 29.  

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.  

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  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.  

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

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron  

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

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

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)  

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