Page 3: Historical Events In August - 29

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

1851  Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer on August - 29.   

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

1855  On this day in history emil Pauer, composer   

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

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

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

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  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 August - 29.   

1874  On this day in history walter Field   

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

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

1877  Alfred DPR Pound, British admiral/1st Sealord (Jutland, WW II) on this day in history.   

1877  Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies on August - 29.   

1879  On August - 29 han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher   

1880  On this day in history marie-Louise Meilleur, Canada, lived past 117   

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 this day in history.   

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

1884  Ehm Welk, writer on August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

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

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

1894  On this day in history 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  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on this day in history.   

1609  On August - 29 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  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 August - 29.   

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

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.   

1123  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.   

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