Historical Events In August - 29

1849  Titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97) on this day in history.  

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

1854  On August - 29 self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)  

1855  On August - 29 emil Pauer, composer  

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

1861  On this day in history franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63  

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

1862  On August - 29 battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels  

1862  On this day in history uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation  

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

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1864  William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae on this day in history.  

1865  John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54 on this day in history.  

1871  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) on this day in history.  

1874  Walter Field on August - 29.  

1876  Charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter) on this day in history.  

1877  On this day in history mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT.  

1877  Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) on August - 29.  

1877  On August - 29 brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies  

1879  On this day in history han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher  

1880  Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117 on August - 29.  

1881  On August - 29 edvin Kallstenius, composer  

1882  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 on August - 29.  

1882  On August - 29 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  On August - 29 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.  

1883  Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion on August - 29.  

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  On August - 29 gottlieb Daimler patents the first motor cycle  

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

1889  On this day in history 1st American Intl pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI)  

1891  Michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody) on this day in history.  

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

1894  On August - 29 e Franklin Frazier, sociologist, died in 1962  

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

1434  On August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator  

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

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

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)  

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron  

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 August - 29.  

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.  

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  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.  

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)  

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