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 this day in history.   

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

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

1738  Georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1758  On August - 29 gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75   

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

1773  On August - 29 raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)   

1776  On this day in history americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester   

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

1786  On August - 29 shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass   

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 August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71   

1808  Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer on August - 29.   

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

1815  On this day in history anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)   

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

1825  On August - 29 portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.   

1831  Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer on August - 29.   

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

1844  On August - 29 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  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.   

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 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 this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

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

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

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 August - 29.