August 29rd All Events |
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| August 29th, 2007 (August 29 2007) | Event | A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base. | |
| August 29th, 2007 (August 29 2007) | Death | Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (born in 1962) | |
| August 29th, 2007 (August 29 2007) | Death | Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (born in 1916) | |
| August 29th, 2007 (August 29 2007) | Death | Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet s Coffee & Tea (born in 1920) | |
| August 29th, 2007 (August 29 2007) | Death | James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (born in 1914) | James Cameron Quotes |
| August 29th, 2005 (August 29 2005) | Event | Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in damage. | |
| August 29th, 2004 (August 29 2004) | Death | Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (born in 1942) | |
| August 29th, 2003 (August 29 2003) | Event | Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf. | Earl Long Quotes |
| August 29th, 2003 (August 29 2003) | Death | Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939) | |
| August 29th, 2003 (August 29 2003) | Death | Patrick Procktor, English artist (born in 1936) | |
| August 29th, 2003 (August 29 2003) | Death | Michel Constantin, French film actor (born in 1924) | |
| August 29th, 2002 (August 29 2002) | Death | Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (born in 1920) | |
| August 29th, 2001 (August 29 2001) | Death | Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (born in 1926) | |
| August 29th, 2000 (August 29 2000) | Death | Willie Maddren, English former footballer (born in 1951) | |
| August 29th, 1997 (August 29 1997) | Event | At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. | |
| August 29th, 1996 (August 29 1996) | Event | Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. | |
| August 29th, 1995 (August 29 1995) | Event | NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces. | |
| August 29th, 1995 (August 29 1995) | Death | Frank Perry, American film director (born in 1930) | |
| August 29th, 1992 (August 29 1992) | Birth | Mallu Magalhaes, Brazilian singer-songwriter | |
| August 29th, 1992 (August 29 1992) | Death | Teddy Turner, comedian (born in 1917) | Ted Turner Quotes |
| August 29th, 1991 (August 29 1991) | Event | Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. | |
| August 29th, 1990 (August 29 1990) | Birth | Sam Stern, English Chef / Author | |
| August 29th, 1989 (August 29 1989) | Death | Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (born in 1909) | |
| August 29th, 1987 (August 29 1987) | Birth | Tony Kane, Irish footballer | |
| August 29th, 1987 (August 29 1987) | Death | Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (born in 1914) | |
| August 29th, 1987 (August 29 1987) | Death | Lee Marvin, American actor (born in 1924) | |
| August 29th, 1986 (August 29 1986) | Birth | Lauren Collins, Canadian actress | |
| August 29th, 1985 (August 29 1985) | Birth | Pouyan Afkary, Iranian-American musician (Scary Kids Scaring Kids) | |
| August 29th, 1985 (August 29 1985) | Birth | Jeffrey Licon, American actor | |
| August 29th, 1984 (August 29 1984) | Death | Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (born in 1901) | |
| August 29th, 1982 (August 29 1982) | Event | The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. | Tom Ze Quotes |
| August 29th, 1982 (August 29 1982) | Birth | A+, American rapper | |
| August 29th, 1982 (August 29 1982) | Birth | Carlos Delfino, Argentinean basketball player | |
| August 29th, 1982 (August 29 1982) | Death | Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (born in 1915) | |
| August 29th, 1981 (August 29 1981) | Birth | Lanny Barbie, Canadian adult actress | |
| August 29th, 1981 (August 29 1981) | Birth | Genevieve Jeanson, Quebec bicycle racer | |
| August 29th, 1981 (August 29 1981) | Birth | Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor | |
| August 29th, 1981 (August 29 1981) | Death | Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster (born in 1892) | |
| August 29th, 1980 (August 29 1980) | Birth | David Desrosiers, Canadian musician(Simple Plan) | |
| August 29th, 1980 (August 29 1980) | Birth | Chris Simms, American football player | |
| August 29th, 1980 (August 29 1980) | Birth | David West, American basketball player | |
| August 29th, 1980 (August 29 1980) | Birth | Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor | |
| August 29th, 1979 (August 29 1979) | Birth | Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist | |
| August 29th, 1979 (August 29 1979) | Birth | Ryan Shealy, American baseball player | |
| August 29th, 1978 (August 29 1978) | Birth | Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer | |
| August 29th, 1977 (August 29 1977) | Birth | John Patrick O Brien, American soccer player | |
| August 29th, 1977 (August 29 1977) | Birth | Aaron Rowand, American baseball player | |
| August 29th, 1977 (August 29 1977) | Birth | Devean George, American basketball player | |
| August 29th, 1977 (August 29 1977) | Birth | Roy Oswalt, American baseball player | |
| August 29th, 1977 (August 29 1977) | Birth | Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian | |
| August 29th, 1977 (August 29 1977) | Death | Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (born in 1945) | Al McGuire Quotes |
| August 29th, 1976 (August 29 1976) | Birth | Stephen Carr, Irish footballer | |
| August 29th, 1976 (August 29 1976) | Birth | Kevin Kaesviharn, National Football League player | |
| August 29th, 1976 (August 29 1976) | Birth | Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player | |
| August 29th, 1976 (August 29 1976) | Birth | Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer | |
| August 29th, 1976 (August 29 1976) | Death | Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (born in 1925) | |
| August 29th, 1976 (August 29 1976) | Death | Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (born in 1899) | Philo Quotes |
| August 29th, 1975 (August 29 1975) | Birth | Dante Basco, Filipino-American actor | |
| August 29th, 1975 (August 29 1975) | Death | Eamon de Valera, first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (born in 1882) | |
| August 29th, 1974 (August 29 1974) | Birth | Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer | |
| August 29th, 1973 (August 29 1973) | Birth | Adam Sessler, American TV show host | |
| August 29th, 1973 (August 29 1973) | Birth | Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist | |
| August 29th, 1972 (August 29 1972) | Birth | Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor | |
| August 29th, 1972 (August 29 1972) | Death | Lale Andersen, German singer (born in 1905) | |
| August 29th, 1971 (August 29 1971) | Birth | Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| August 29th, 1971 (August 29 1971) | Birth | Carla Gugino, American actress | |
| August 29th, 1970 (August 29 1970) | Event | Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar. | |
| August 29th, 1969 (August 29 1969) | Birth | Me Shell NdegeOcello, American singer | |
| August 29th, 1969 (August 29 1969) | Birth | Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player | |
| August 29th, 1968 (August 29 1968) | Death | Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner (born in 1881) | Ulysses S. Grant Quotes |
| August 29th, 1967 (August 29 1967) | Birth | Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) | Anton Newcombe Quotes |
| August 29th, 1966 (August 29 1966) | Event | The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. | |
| August 29th, 1966 (August 29 1966) | Death | Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (born in 1906) | |
| August 29th, 1965 (August 29 1965) | Birth | Dina Spybey, American actress | |
| August 29th, 1963 (August 29 1963) | Birth | Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer | |
| August 29th, 1962 (August 29 1962) | Birth | Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer | |
| August 29th, 1962 (August 29 1962) | Birth | Carl Banks, American Football Player | |
| August 29th, 1961 (August 29 1961) | Birth | Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player | |
| August 29th, 1960 (August 29 1960) | Birth | Tony MacAlpine, American shred guitarist | |
| August 29th, 1959 (August 29 1959) | Birth | Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer | |
| August 29th, 1959 (August 29 1959) | Birth | Akkineni Nagarjuna, Telugu film actor | |
| August 29th, 1959 (August 29 1959) | Birth | Timothy Perry Shriver, Member of the Kennedy Family | |
| August 29th, 1959 (August 29 1959) | Birth | Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut | |
| August 29th, 1959 (August 29 1959) | Birth | Rebecca De Mornay, American actress | |
| August 29th, 1958 (August 29 1958) | Event | United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. | |
| August 29th, 1958 (August 29 1958) | Birth | Michael Jackson, American singer, dancer and composer | Michael Jackson Quotes |
| August 29th, 1958 (August 29 1958) | Birth | Lenny Henry, British comic | |
| August 29th, 1957 (August 29 1957) | Birth | Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey | |
| August 29th, 1956 (August 29 1956) | Birth | GG Allin, American rock singer | |
| August 29th, 1955 (August 29 1955) | Birth | Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist | |
| August 29th, 1954 (August 29 1954) | Birth | Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist | |
| August 29th, 1953 (August 29 1953) | Birth | James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist | |
| August 29th, 1952 (August 29 1952) | Birth | Karen Hesse, American children s writer | |
| August 29th, 1952 (August 29 1952) | Birth | Dave Malone, American rock guitarist | |
| August 29th, 1950 (August 29 1950) | Birth | Doug DeCinces, American baseball player | |
| August 29th, 1950 (August 29 1950) | Birth | Dave Reichert, American politician and former sheriff | |
| August 29th, 1949 (August 29 1949) | Event | Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. | |
| August 29th, 1947 (August 29 1947) | Birth | James Hunt, English race car driver and one-time F1 world champion (died in 1993) | |
| August 29th, 1946 (August 29 1946) | Birth | Bob Beamon, American jumper | |
| August 29th, 1945 (August 29 1945) | Birth | Wyomia Tyus, American athlete | |
| August 29th, 1944 (August 29 1944) | Event | Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis. | |
| August 29th, 1943 (August 29 1943) | Event | German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy;Germany dissolves Danish government. | |
| August 29th, 1942 (August 29 1942) | Birth | James Glennon, American cinematographer (died in 2006) | |
| August 29th, 1942 (August 29 1942) | Birth | John Heuser, Electron Microscopist, Washington University in Saint Louis | |
| August 29th, 1941 (August 29 1941) | Birth | Robin Leach, English television host | |
| August 29th, 1940 (August 29 1940) | Birth | Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (died in 1984) | |
| August 29th, 1939 (August 29 1939) | Birth | Joel Schumacher, American film director | |
| August 29th, 1938 (August 29 1938) | Birth | Elliott Gould, American actor | |
| August 29th, 1938 (August 29 1938) | Birth | Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
| August 29th, 1937 (August 29 1937) | Birth | James Florio, Governor of New Jersey | |
| August 29th, 1936 (August 29 1936) | Birth | John McCain, American politician | John McCain Quotes |
| August 29th, 1935 (August 29 1935) | Birth | William Friedkin, American film director | |
| August 29th, 1935 (August 29 1935) | Death | Queen Astrid of Belgium (born in 1905) | |
| August 29th, 1933 (August 29 1933) | Birth | Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor | |
| August 29th, 1931 (August 29 1931) | Birth | Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (died in 2001) | |
| August 29th, 1931 (August 29 1931) | Birth | Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist | |
| August 29th, 1931 (August 29 1931) | Death | David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder | |
| August 29th, 1930 (August 29 1930) | Event | The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. | |
| August 29th, 1930 (August 29 1930) | Birth | Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (died in 2006) | |
| August 29th, 1930 (August 29 1930) | Death | William Archibald Spooner, English writer (born in 1844) | |
| August 29th, 1929 (August 29 1929) | Birth | Thom Gunn, British poet (died in 2004) | Thom Gunn Quotes |
| August 29th, 1928 (August 29 1928) | Birth | Charles Gray, English actor (died in 2000) | Ray Charles Quotes |
| August 29th, 1926 (August 29 1926) | Birth | Maria Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer | |
| August 29th, 1924 (August 29 1924) | Birth | Consuelo Velazquez, Mexican songwriter (died in 2005) | |
| August 29th, 1924 (August 29 1924) | Birth | Dinah Washington, American singer (died in 1963) | |
| August 29th, 1923 (August 29 1923) | Birth | Richard Attenborough, English film director | |
| August 29th, 1923 (August 29 1923) | Birth | Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (died in 2006) | |
| August 29th, 1922 (August 29 1922) | Event | Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna, in Asia Minor. | |
| August 29th, 1920 (August 29 1920) | Birth | Charlie Parker, American musician (died in 1955) | |
| August 29th, 1918 (August 29 1918) | Event | Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive | |
| August 29th, 1917 (August 29 1917) | Birth | Isabel Sanford, American actress (died in 2004) | |
| August 29th, 1916 (August 29 1916) | Birth | George Montgomery, American actor (died in 2000) | |
| August 29th, 1916 (August 29 1916) | Birth | Luther Davis, American playwright | |
| August 29th, 1915 (August 29 1915) | Event | US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, first U.S. submarine sunk in accident. | |
| August 29th, 1915 (August 29 1915) | Birth | Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (died in 1982) | |
| August 29th, 1912 (August 29 1912) | Birth | Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer | |
| August 29th, 1912 (August 29 1912) | Birth | Barry Sullivan, American actor (died in 1994) | |
| August 29th, 1911 (August 29 1911) | Event | Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. | |
| August 29th, 1910 (August 29 1910) | Event | Japan changes Korea s name to Chosen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony. | |
| August 29th, 1907 (August 29 1907) | Event | The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. | |
| August 29th, 1905 (August 29 1905) | Birth | Werner Forssmann, Nobel laureate (died in 1979) | |
| August 29th, 1905 (August 29 1905) | Birth | Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (died in 1979) | |
| August 29th, 1904 (August 29 1904) | Death | Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (born in 1840) | |
| August 29th, 1901 (August 29 1901) | Birth | Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (died in 1986) | |
| August 29th, 1898 (August 29 1898) | Event | The Goodyear tire company is founded. | |
| August 29th, 1898 (August 29 1898) | Birth | Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (died in 1959) | |
| August 29th, 1895 (August 29 1895) | Event | The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England. | |
| August 29th, 1891 (August 29 1891) | Death | Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (born in 1843 or 1844) | |
| August 29th, 1889 (August 29 1889) | Death | Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (born in 1815) | |
| August 29th, 1885 (August 29 1885) | Event | Gottlieb Daimler patents the world s first motorcycle. | |
| August 29th, 1882 (August 29 1882) | Event | 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 29th, 1877 (August 29 1877) | Death | Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (born in 1801) | |
| August 29th, 1876 (August 29 1876) | Birth | Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (died in 1958) | |
| August 29th, 1876 (August 29 1876) | Birth | Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (died in 1949) | |
| August 29th, 1871 (August 29 1871) | Event | 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 29th, 1871 (August 29 1871) | Birth | Albert Lebrun, French politician (died in 1950) | |
| August 29th, 1869 (August 29 1869) | Event | The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world s first rack railway. | |
| August 29th, 1862 (August 29 1862) | Event | Second Battle of Bull Run | |
| August 29th, 1862 (August 29 1862) | Birth | Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (died in 1928) | |
| August 29th, 1862 (August 29 1862) | Birth | Maurice Maeterlinck, Nobel laureate (died in 1949) | |
| August 29th, 1861 (August 29 1861) | Event | American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. | |
| August 29th, 1856 (August 29 1856) | Death | Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (born in 1778) | |
| August 29th, 1844 (August 29 1844) | Birth | Edward Carpenter, English poet (died in 1929) | |
| August 29th, 1844 (August 29 1844) | Death | Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (born in 1762) | |
| August 29th, 1843 (August 29 1843) | Birth | David B. Hill, Governor of New York (died in 1910) | |
| August 29th, 1842 (August 29 1842) | Event | Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. | |
| August 29th, 1833 (August 29 1833) | Event | The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire. | |
| August 29th, 1831 (August 29 1831) | Event | Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. | |
| August 29th, 1825 (August 29 1825) | Event | Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil. | |
| August 29th, 1811 (August 29 1811) | Birth | Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (died in 1888) | |
| August 29th, 1810 (August 29 1810) | Birth | Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (died in 1884) | |
| August 29th, 1809 (August 29 1809) | Birth | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician (died in 1894) | |
| August 29th, 1805 (August 29 1805) | Birth | Frederick Maurice, English theologian (died in 1872) | |
| August 29th, 1799 (August 29 1799) | Death | Pope Pius VI (born in 1717) | |
| August 29th, 1786 (August 29 1786) | Event | Shays Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. | |
| August 29th, 1780 (August 29 1780) | Birth | Jean Ingres, French painter (died in 1867) | |
| August 29th, 1780 (August 29 1780) | Death | Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (born in 1713) | |
| August 29th, 1777 (August 29 1777) | Birth | Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (died in 1853) | |
| August 29th, 1769 (August 29 1769) | Death | Edmund Hoyle, English author and teacher (born in 1672) | |
| August 29th, 1756 (August 29 1756) | Event | Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years War. | |
| August 29th, 1756 (August 29 1756) | Birth | Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (died in 1845) | |
| August 29th, 1756 (August 29 1756) | Birth | Jan Sniadecki, Polish mathematician (died in 1830) | |
| August 29th, 1728 (August 29 1728) | Birth | Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (died in 1797) | |
| August 29th, 1725 (August 29 1725) | Birth | Charles Townshend, English politician (died in 1767) | |
| August 29th, 1712 (August 29 1712) | Death | Gregory King, English statistician (born in 1648) | |
| August 29th, 1694 (August 29 1694) | Birth | Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Luneburg (died in 1715) | |
| August 29th, 1657 (August 29 1657) | Death | John Lilburne, English dissenter | |
| August 29th, 1655 (August 29 1655) | Event | Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge. | |
| August 29th, 1632 (August 29 1632) | Birth | John Locke, English philosopher (died in 1704) | Philo Quotes |
| August 29th, 1628 (August 29 1628) | Birth | John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (died in 1701) | |
| August 29th, 1619 (August 29 1619) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (died in 1683) | |
| August 29th, 1542 (August 29 1542) | Death | Cristovao da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516) | |
| August 29th, 1541 (August 29 1541) | Event | The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. | |
| August 29th, 1533 (August 29 1533) | Event | Spanish conquest of the Inca Empire: Inca emperor Atahualpa is executed in Cajamarca by the garrote by Spanish invaders known as Conquistadores. | |
| August 29th, 1526 (August 29 1526) | Event | Battle of Mohacs: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia. | |
| August 29th, 1526 (August 29 1526) | Death | King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in battle) (born in 1506) | |
| August 29th, 1521 (August 29 1521) | Event | The Ottoman Turks capture Nandorfehervar, now known as Belgrade. | |
| August 29th, 1498 (August 29 1498) | Event | Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal. | |
| August 29th, 1475 (August 29 1475) | Event | The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. | |
| August 29th, 1442 (August 29 1442) | Death | John VI, Duke of Brittany (born in 1389) | |
| August 29th, 1395 (August 29 1395) | Death | Duke Albert III of Austria (born in 1349) | |
| August 29th, 1350 (August 29 1350) | Event | Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. | |
| August 29th, 1189 (August 29 1189) | Event | Ban Kulin wrote The Charter of Kulin, which became a symbolic "birth certificate" of Bosnian statehood. | |
| August 29th, 1123 (August 29 1123) | Death | King Eystein I of Norway (born in ca. 1088) | |
| August 29th, 1093 (August 29 1093) | Death | Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (born in 1057) | |
| August 29th, 0886 (August 29 0886) | Death | Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (born in 811) | |
| August 29th, 0708 (August 29 0708) | Event | Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). | |
