Page 2: Historical Events In August - 29

1664  On this day in history adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam   

1686  On this day in history wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer   

1708  On August - 29 haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians   

1708  English troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia on this day in history.   

1712  Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 on August - 29.   

1738  On August - 29 georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81   

1742  On August - 29 edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist   

1756  Prussian Emperor Frederick II attacks Saxony; beginning of the Seven Years War that will see the English capture Canada on August - 29.   

1756  England & France meet in war on this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history first indian reservation established   

1758  New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation on August - 29.   

1758  On this day in history gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75   

1769  On August - 29 edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown)   

1773  Raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music) on August - 29.   

1776  Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester on August - 29.   

1780  Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather) on this day in history.   

1786  Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass on August - 29.   

1792  At least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline on this day in history.   

1792  English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 on August - 29.   

1793  Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed on August - 29.   

1799  Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1808  On this day in history hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

1809  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) on this day in history.   

1810  Over 600 prostitutes counted in Lower Canada (must be the cold winters) on August - 29.   

1811  Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA on this day in history.   

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) on this day in history.   

1821  Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86 on August - 29.   

1825  Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil on August - 29.   

1831  On August - 29 michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer   

1842  On August - 29 treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain   

1842  Gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war on this day in history.   

1842  Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) on August - 29.   

1844  On August - 29 the first white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win   

1844  On August - 29 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on August - 29.   

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

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

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

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

1628  On August - 29 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 August - 29.   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.   

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

1123  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

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

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