Page 3: Historical Events In August - 29

1849  Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) on August - 29.   

1851  On this day in history willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer   

1854  Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay) on August - 29.   

1855  On August - 29 emil Pauer, composer   

1861  American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina on this day in history.   

1861  On August - 29 franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63   

1862  On this day in history 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins   

1862  Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels on this day in history.   

1862  US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation on August - 29.   

1862  On August - 29 p M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911)   

1864  On August - 29 william Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae   

1865  On August - 29 john Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54   

1871  On this day in history emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).   

1874  On this day in history walter Field   

1876  Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) on August - 29.   

1877  On August - 29 mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT.   

1877  On August - 29 alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)   

1877  On this day in history brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies   

1879  Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher on this day in history.   

1880  On August - 29 marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117   

1881  On August - 29 edvin Kallstenius, composer   

1882  On August - 29 english cricketers lose to Australia on English soil for the first time , a mock obituary in the Sporting Times then declares the death of English cricket, saying its ashes will be taken to Australia, the origin of the "Ashes" trophy   

1882  On this day in history australia beat England by 7 runs "Death of English cricket"   

1883  On this day in history seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion   

1883  Thomas Ahearn, head of the Ottawa Street Railway Company, presides over a demonstration of his pioneering electric stove at the Windsor Hotel in Ottawa. This is believed to be the world's very first dinner cooked on an all-electric stove on this day in history.   

1883  Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion on this day in history.   

1884  Ehm Welk, writer on this day in history.   

1885  On August - 29 boxing's first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey   

1885  Gottlieb Daimler patents the first motor cycle on this day in history.   

1885  Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle on August - 29.   

1889  1st American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) on August - 29.   

1891  Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody) on August - 29.   

1893  On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17]   

1894  E Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962 on this day in history.   

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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 August - 29.   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.   

1561  On August - 29 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  On this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

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

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.   

0029  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.   

1093  On this day in history death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

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  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

1523  On this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

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