Page 2: Historical Events In August - 29

1664  On this day in history adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam   

1686  On August - 29 wilhelm Hieronymus Pachelbel, composer   

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

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

1712  On August - 29 gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63   

1738  On this day in history georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81   

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

1756  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

1758  On August - 29 first indian reservation established   

1758  On August - 29 new Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation   

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

1769  On this day in history edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown)   

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

1776  On this day in history 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  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  On August - 29 pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71   

1808  On August - 29 hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer   

1809  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Cambridge MA, physician/author (Old Ironsides) on August - 29.   

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

1811  Henry Bergh, 1st president of SPCA on August - 29.   

1815  Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) on August - 29.   

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

1825  On this day in history portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.   

1831  On August - 29 michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer   

1842  On this day in history treay Of Nanking, ceeding Hong Kong to Britain   

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

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 August - 29.   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on this day in history.   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history.   

0886  On this day in history basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

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

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.   

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20