Page 3: Historical Events In 1829

Jun 03   Alfonse Charles Renaud de Vilback, composer   

Jun 05   The HMS Pickle captures the armed slave ship Voladora off the coast of Cuba.   

Jun 06   John Baillie McIntosh, Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1888.   

Jun 08   1st UK municipal swimming pool outside of London, opens in Liverpool   

Jun 08   John Everett Millais, England, painter (Order of Release).   

Jun 09   Gaetano Braga, composer.   

Jun 10   The inaugural Boat Race between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge takes place   

Jun 11   Hendrik Gerhard, Founder (Dutch Social-Democratic).   

Jun 12   Johanna Spyri, Switzerland, writer (Heidi).   

Jun 13   Antonio Zamara, composer.   

Jun 19   Sir Robert Peel are discovered London Metropolitan Police (Bobbies).   

Jun 27   James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute.   

Jul 04   Cornerstone laid for 1st US mint (Chestnut and Juniper St, Phila).   

Jul 04   Cornerstone laid for inaugural US mint (Chestnut and Juniper St, Phila)   

Jul 04   Hermann Kotzchmar, composer.   

Jul 07   Royal Military Chapel forms.   

Jul 08   Pierre A Vicomte de Ponson du Terrail, French serial writer.   

Jul 16   Robert Brown Potter, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1887   

Jul 23   William Austin Burt patents "typographer" (typewriter)   

Jul 23   Wojciech Boguslawski, composer, dies at 72   

Jul 26   August Beernaert, Belgian premier (1884-94) (Nobel-1909)   

Aug 03   Gioacchino Rossini's "William Tell," premieres in Paris.   

Aug 05   Heinrich Franz Daniel Stiehl, composer.   

Aug 07   Thomas Ewing Jr, Major General, Bvt (Union volunteers), died in 1896   

Aug 08   French govt of De Polignac forms   

Aug 09   "Stourbridge Lion" locomotive goes into service.   

Aug 12   John Horace Forney, Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1902   

Aug 15   Eduard de Hartog, composer   

Aug 16   Siamese twins Chang and Eng Bunker arrive in Boston to be exhibited.   

Aug 21   Otto Goldschmidt, composer   

Aug 23   Moritz B Cantor, German math historian   

Aug 25   Pres Jackson makes an offer to buy Texas, but Mexican govt refuses   

Aug 28   Albert Dietrich, composer.   

Aug 31   Opera "Guillaume Tell" is produced (Paris)   

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Jan 03   John g r acquoy: Theologist/church historian   

Jan 03   Konrad duden: German linguist (der grosse duden)   

Jan 05   Sir roger tichborne: Missing u.k. heir who was the subject of the longest criminal trial in british history (d. c.1854)   

Jan 06   Kanagaki robun [bunzo nozaki]: Japanese humorist/gesaku-author   

Jan 09   Adolf von schlagintweit: German explorer (tarimbekken)   

Jan 09   Thomas william robertson: England, playwright (caste)   

Jan 18   Louis van haecke: Flemish chaplain/author (blood to bridge)   

Jan 21   Oscar ii frederik: King of sweden (1872-1907)/norway (-1905)/poet   

Jan 03   Robert archibald smith: Composer,    

Jan 12   Friedrich von schlegel: German cultural philosopher/poet,    

Jan 25   William shield: Composer,    

Jan 28   William burke: Murderer/body snatcher, executed in edinburgh   

Jan 29   Paul françois jean nicolas barras: French politician (b. 1755)   

Feb 10   Leo xii: [annibale sermattei], italian pope (1823-29),   

Feb 11   Alexandr griboyedov: Russian playwright (b. 1795)   

Feb 16   Francois-joseph gossec: Belg/fr composer (messe of morts),