Page 2: Historical Events In August - 29
Friday, 11 July 2025
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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