Page 3: Historical Events In August - 29

1849  On this day in history titus A J van Asch van Wijck, Dutch governor Suriname (1891-97)   

1851  On August - 29 willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer   

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

1855  Emil Pauer, composer on this day in history.   

1861  On August - 29 american Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.   

1861  Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 on August - 29.   

1862  2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins on August - 29.   

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

1862  On August - 29 uS Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation   

1862  P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) on August - 29.   

1864  On this day in history william Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae   

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

1871  On August - 29 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 August - 29 walter Field   

1876  On August - 29 charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

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

1877  On this day in history alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II)   

1877  Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies on this day in history.   

1879  Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher on August - 29.   

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

1881  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1883  On August - 29 seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion   

1883  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hrs after explosion   

1884  On August - 29 ehm Welk, writer   

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

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

1885  Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle on this day in history.   

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

1891  On this day in history michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody)   

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

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

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1387  On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

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

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

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

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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

0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

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  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on August - 29.   

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  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.