Historical Events In August - 29
Friday, 29 March 2024
1664 On this day in history adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam
1686 Wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer on this day in history.
1708 On this day in history haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
1708 On this day in history english troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia
1712 On this day in history gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63
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 this day in history.
1756 On this day in history england & France meet in war
1758 First indian reservation established on August - 29.
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 On this day in history raphael G Kiesewetter, Austria musicologist (Arab Music)
1776 On August - 29 americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester
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 On this day in history at least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline.
1792 English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900 on this day in history.
1793 On August - 29 slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed
1799 On this day in history pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71
1808 On August - 29 hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer
1809 On August - 29 oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides)
1810 On this day in history over 600 prostitutes counted in Lower Canada (must be the cold winters)
1811 On this day in history henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA
1815 On August - 29 anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction)
1821 Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.
1825 Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil on August - 29.
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 On this day in history gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
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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