Historical Events In August - 29
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
0029 On this day in history john the Baptist, beheaded
0284 On this day in history origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
0284 On August - 29 gen Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome
0708 Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708) on August - 29.
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 August - 29.
0886 Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.
1178 On August - 29 anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III
1261 Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV on August - 29.
1350 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
1434 On this day in history janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator
1475 Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts on August - 29.
1476 On August - 29 kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)
1484 On this day in history giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII
1521 The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade on August - 29.
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 this day in history.
1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohács on this day in history.
1526 On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
1533 Atahualpa, the last Incan king of Peru, is murdered at the request of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro on this day in history.
1533 Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa on this day in history.
1533 Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors on August - 29.
1540 On August - 29 emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges
1541 On this day in history the Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
1542 On August - 29 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 August - 29 battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
1619 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
1632 John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance on this day in history.
1640 On this day in history english King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
1653 Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49 on August - 29.
1655 Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw on August - 29.
1657 John Lilburne, English dissenter on this day in history.
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