356 Historic Events for August 29
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| 29 |
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John the Baptist, beheaded
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| 284 |
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Gen Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor of Rome
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| 284 |
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Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
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| 886 |
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Basilius I, the Macedoni‰r, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies
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| 1178 |
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Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III
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| 1261 |
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Jacques Pantal‚on elected as Pope Urban IV
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| 1387 |
Birth |
Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)
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| 1434 |
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Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator
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| 1475 |
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Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts
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| 1476 |
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Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)
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| 1484 |
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Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII
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| 1523 |
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Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35
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| 1526 |
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Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs
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| 1526 |
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Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
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| 1533 |
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Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
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| 1533 |
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Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa
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| 1540 |
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Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges
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| 1561 |
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Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)
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| 1609 |
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Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)
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| 1612 |
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Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
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| 1619 |
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Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron
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| 1632 |
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John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance
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| 1640 |
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English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
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| 1653 |
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Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49
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| 1655 |
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Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw
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