- August 29, 0284 Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
- August 29, 0708 “Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).”
- August 29, 1189 “Ban Kulin wrote The Charter of Kulin, which became a symbolic “”birth certificate”” of Bosnian statehood.”
- August 29, 1350 Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
- August 29, 1475 The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
- August 29, 1498 Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.
- August 29, 1521 “The Ottoman Turks capture Nndorfehrvr, now known as Belgrade.”
- August 29, 1526 Battle of Mohcs: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
- August 29, 1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs
- August 29, 1533 “Atahualpa, the last Incan king of Peru, is murdered at the request of Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro.”
- August 29, 1533 Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Inca emperor Atahualpa is executed in Cajamarca by the garrote by Spanish invaders known as Conquistadores.
- August 29, 1655 Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
- August 29, 1708 “Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians”
- August 29, 1756 “Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years’ War.”
- August 29, 1756 Prussian Emperor Frederick II attacks Saxony; beginning of the Seven Years War that will see the English capture Canada
- August 29, 1758 First indian reservation established
- August 29, 1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester
- August 29, 1786 “Shay’s Rebellion in Springfield, Mass”
- August 29, 1786 “Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.”
- August 29, 1792 At least 900 die when the British warship Royal George sinks at Spithead while repairs are being carried out just below the waterline.
- August 29, 1810 Over 600 prostitutes counted in Lower Canada (must be the cold winters)
- August 29, 1825 Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
- August 29, 1831 Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
- August 29, 1833 The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
- August 29, 1842 Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
- August 29, 1844 “The first white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win”
- August 29, 1854 Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
- August 29, 1861 “American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.”
- August 29, 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
- August 29, 1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
- August 29, 1862 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
- August 29, 1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
- August 29, 1869 “The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world’s first rack railway.”
- August 29, 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).”
- August 29, 1877 “Mormon Church president Brigham Young dies in Salt Lake City, UT.”
- August 29, 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”
- August 29, 1882 Is the date attributed to the death of English Cricket and the origin of the legend of The Ashes. This is the date according to the mock obituary in The Sporting Times.
- August 29, 1883 Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion
- August 29, 1883 “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.”
- August 29, 1885 Boxing’s first heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey