Historical Events In August - 29
Wednesday, 06 July 2022
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 On this day in history english troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia
1712 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1738 On this day in history georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81
1742 Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist on August - 29.
1756 Prussian Emperor Frederick II attacks Saxony; beginning of the Seven Years War that will see the English capture Canada on August - 29.
1756 On this day in history england & France meet in war
1758 On August - 29 first indian reservation established
1758 On August - 29 new Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation
1758 On this day in history gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
1769 Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history 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 August - 29 english warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900
1793 On this day in history slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed
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 Anna Ella Carroll, US, civil war writer (Reconstruction) on this day in history.
1821 Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86 on August - 29.
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 this day in history.
1842 Gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war on August - 29.
1842 Alfred Shaw, cricketer (pioneering England Test bowler) on August - 29.
1844 The first white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win on August - 29.
1844 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win on August - 29.
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