Page 2: Historical Events In August - 29

1664  Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam on August - 29.   

1686  Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer on this day in history.   

1708  Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians on August - 29.   

1708  English troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia on August - 29.   

1712  Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1738  Georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81 on August - 29.   

1742  Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist on this day in history.   

1756  Prussian Emperor Frederick II attacks Saxony; beginning of the Seven Years War that will see the English capture Canada on this day in history.   

1756  On August - 29 england & France meet in war   

1758  On August - 29 first indian reservation established   

1758  On this day in history new Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation   

1758  Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75 on August - 29.   

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

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

1776  On August - 29 americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester   

1780  On this day in history jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, French painter (Valpincon Bather)   

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

1792  On August - 29 at least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline.   

1792  On this day in history english warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900   

1793  Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed on this day in history.   

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

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer on this day in history.   

1809  On this day in history oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)   

1810  Over 600 prostitutes counted in Lower Canada (must be the cold winters) on this day in history.   

1811  On August - 29 henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA   

1815  On August - 29 anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)   

1821  On this day in history horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86   

1825  Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil on this day in history.   

1831  On this day in history michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer   

1842  Treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain on August - 29.   

1842  Gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war on August - 29.   

1842  On this day in history alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)   

1844  On this day in history the first white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win   

1844  On this day in history 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win   

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1387  On August - 29 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  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

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

1609  On August - 29 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  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

0886  On August - 29 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 August - 29.   

1395  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

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.