August 29

Events

 * - Copper coins are minted in for the first time (Traditional :, ).
 * - wrote "", which became a symbolic "birth certificate" of  statehood.
 * - (or ): The   under King  defeats a  fleet of 40 ships.
 * - The ends a brief war between  and.
 * - decides to depart  and return to.
 * - The capture, now known as.
 * - : The led by  defeat and kill the last  king of  and.
 * - :   is  in  by the  by  invaders known as.
 * - The capture, the  of the.
 * - falls without resistance to a small force under the command of  during.
 * - attacks, beginning the.
 * -, an armed uprising of farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
 * - recognizes the Independence of.
 * - discovers.
 * - The legislates the abolition of  in its empire.
 * - signing ends the.
 * - :  squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet,.
 * - The opens, making it the world's first.
 * - orders the  and the establishment of  as local centers of administration. (Traditional :, ).
 * - Is the date attributed to the death of English Cricket and the origin of the legend of . This is the date according to the mock obituary in.
 * - patents the world's first.
 * - The formation of the at the, ,.
 * - The tire company is founded.
 * - The collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
 * - changes  name to  and appoints a  to rule its new.
 * -, considered the last to make contact with , emerges from the wilderness of northeastern.
 * - salvage divers raise, first U.S.  sunk in accident.
 * - taken by  and  in the
 * - forces set  to, in.
 * - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of.
 * - scuttles most of its ; dissolves  government.
 * - takes place as 60,000  troops turn against the s.
 * - : The tests its first, known as ' or ', at ,.
 * - opens in.
 * - The lower deck of the opens in  and
 * - Last scheduled, in.
 * - First flight of the  jetliner, a competitor to the.
 * 1970  -  against the, .  Police riot kills three people, including journalist.
 * - The synthetic,  109, is first synthesized at the  in ,.
 * - suspends all activities of the.
 * - launches  against  forces.
 * -, a  crashes into a mountain on the  island of , killing all 141 aboard.
 * - At least 98 villagers are killed by the in the,.
 * -, the  leader in , is ated in a  bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a  in.
 * -  much of the  from  to the, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in damage.
 * -  much of the  from  to the, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in damage.

Births

 * -, French minister of finance (d. )
 * -, English royalist statesman (d. )
 * -, English philosopher (d. )
 * -, English politician (d. )
 * -, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. )
 * 1756  -, Polish mathematician (d. )
 * -, founder of (d. )
 * -, French painter (d. )
 * -, English theologian (d. )
 * -, American physician (d. )
 * -, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. )
 * -, Governor of New York (d. )
 * -, English poet (d. )
 * -, 5th (d. )
 * 1862  -,  (d. )
 * -, French politician (d. )
 * -, American inventor (d. )
 * -, American filmmaker (d. )
 * -, Canadian ice hockey player (d. )
 * -, (d. )
 * -, Indian hockey player (d. )
 * -, Austrian-Polish cinematographer
 * 1912  -, American actor (d. )
 * -, Swedish actress (d. )
 * -, American actor (d. )
 * 1916  -, American playwright
 * -, American actress (d. )
 * -, American musician (d. )
 * -, English film director
 * 1923  -, BBC Chairman (d. )
 * -, Mexican songwriter (d. )
 * 1924  -, American singer (d. )
 * -, Spanish melodic singer
 * -, English actor (d. )
 * -, British poet (d. )
 * -, Quebec advertising executive (d. )
 * -, Greek singer (d. )
 * 1931  -, Quebec politician, writer and columnist
 * -, Swiss Federal Councilor
 * -, American film director
 * -, American politician
 * -, Governor of New Jersey
 * -, American actor
 * 1938  - ,
 * 1939  -, American film director
 * -, American race car driver (d. )
 * -, English television host
 * 1942  -, American cinematographer (d. )
 * -, Electron Microscopist, Washington University in Saint Louis
 * -, American athlete
 * -, American jumper
 * -, English race car driver (d. )
 * -, American children's writer
 * 1952  -, American rock guitarist
 * -, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist
 * -, American science fiction novelist
 * -, American singer (d. )
 * 1956  -, English former footballer
 * 1956  -, American choreographer
 * -, American racing jockey
 * -, American singer
 * 1958  -, British comic
 * -, Portuguese composer
 * 1959  -, Telugu film actor
 * 1959  -, Member of the Kennedy Family
 * 1959  -, Canadian astronaut
 * 1959  -, American actress
 * -, German field hockey player
 * -, Japanese composer
 * -, Scottish singer
 * -, American actress
 * -, American musician
 * -, American singer
 * 1969  -, Northern Irish snooker player
 * -, Dutch tennis player
 * -, American actress
 * -, South Korean actor
 * -, American TV show host
 * 1973  -, motorcyclist
 * -, Japanese composer
 * -, Filipino-American actor
 * -, Irish footballer
 * 1976  -, American soccer player
 * 1976  -, Danish footballer
 * -, American soccer player
 * 1977  -, American baseball player
 * 1977  -, American baseball player
 * 1977  -, Australian comedian
 * -, Nigerian footballer
 * -, Iranian scientist
 * 1979  -, Canadian journalist
 * -, Canadian musician
 * 1980  -, American football player
 * 1980  -, American basketball player
 * 1980  -, Hong Kong singer and actor
 * -, Canadian adult actress
 * 1981  -, Quebec bicycle racer
 * -, American rapper
 * 1982  -, Argentinean basketball player
 * -, American musician
 * 1985  -, American actor
 * -, Canadian actress
 * -, Irish footballer

Deaths

 * -, (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - King (b. ca. )
 * - Duke (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * - King (killed in battle) (b. )
 * -, Portuguese soldier (born c. )
 * -, English dissenter
 * -, English statistician (b. )
 * -, English author and teacher (b. )
 * -, French architect (b. )
 * - (b. )
 * -, Irish founder of the and  (b. )
 * -, British Christian writer (b. )
 * -, American religious leader and western settler (b. )
 * -, military figure (b. )
 * -, inventor of the (b.  or )
 * -, (b. )
 * -, English writer (b. )
 * -, founder
 * - (b. )
 * -, Egyptian theoretician (b. )
 * -, American soldier and planner (b. )
 * -, German singer (b. )
 * -, first and third  (b. )
 * -, American blues singer (b. )
 * 1976  -,  poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. )
 * -, Australian racing driver (b. )
 * -, American writer and broadcaster (b. )
 * -, Swedish actress (b. )
 * -, Egyptian statesman (b. )
 * -, American country music comedian (b. )
 * 1987  -, American actor (b. )
 * -, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. )
 * -, comedian (b. )
 * -, American film director (b. )
 * -, English former footballer (b. )
 * -, Spanish actor (b. )
 * -, Scottish actor (b. )
 * - Ayatollah, Iraqi political leader (b.)
 * 2003  -, English artist (b. )
 * 2003  -, French film actor (b. )
 * -, Dutch conductor (b. )
 * -, central figure in the 1996 (b. )
 * 2007  -, French politician and Prime Minister (b. )
 * 2007  -, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. )
 * 2007  -, New Zealand industrialist (b. )

Holidays and observances

 * and commemorate the beheading of  with a feast day.
 * - Day (, against the ).
 * The first day of - which is the first day of the .  is the -headed god of knowledge.