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  Willem M d'Ablaing, Dutch lawyer on this day in history.   

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

1855  On this day in history emil Pauer, composer   

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

1861  Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

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

1862  Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels on August - 29.   

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

1862  P M B Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgium, poet (Blue Bird, Nobel 1911) on this day in history.   

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

1865  On this day in history 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 August - 29 walter Field   

1876  On this day in history charles F Kettering, Ohio, inventor (auto self-starter)   

1877  On August - 29 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  Han Yong-woon, Hongsung County Korea, Zen teacher on August - 29.   

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

1881  Edvin Kallstenius, composer on this day in history.   

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

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  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 this day in history.   

1885  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1891  On August - 29 michael Chekhov, Russia, actor (Abie's Irish Rose, Rhapsody)   

1893  Aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17] on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1561  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

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

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

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