Historical Events In August - 29

0029  On August - 29 john the Baptist, beheaded  

0284  Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs) on August - 29.  

0284  Gen Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome on this day in history.  

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

0886  On August - 29 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  

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies  

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

1261  On August - 29 jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV  

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

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

1434  On August - 29 janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator  

1475  Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts on August - 29.  

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

1484  Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII on August - 29.  

1521  The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade on this day in history.  

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1526  On this day in history hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs  

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  On this day in history atahualpa, the last Incan king of Peru, is murdered at the request of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.  

1533  Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa on this day in history.  

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

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  On August - 29 jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron  

1632  On August - 29 john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance  

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  On this day in history swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw  

1657  On August - 29 john Lilburne, English dissenter  

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1387  On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)  

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

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)  

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

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

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron  

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

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 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