Page 2: Historical Events In August - 29

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

1686  On this day in history wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer   

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 August - 29.   

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

1742  Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist on August - 29.   

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

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

1758  First indian reservation established on this day in history.   

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

1758  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 english warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900   

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 August - 29.   

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

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 August - 29.   

1811  On this day in history henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA   

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  On this day in history portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.   

1831  Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer on this day in history.   

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

1842  On August - 29 gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war   

1842  On August - 29 alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler)   

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on this day in history.   

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

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

0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

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 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  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

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