Events on 29 August 50
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Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
Year 1315
Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
Year 1350
Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
Year 1475
The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
Year 1526
Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
Public Holidays Around The World On This Day 1
Birthdays on 29 August 192
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John of Artois, Count of Eu
b. 1321 – d. 1387
John of Artois, Count of Eu (d. 1387)
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke
b. 1347 – d. 1375
John Hastings, 2nd Earl of Pembroke, English nobleman and soldier (d. 1375)
Janus Pannonius
b. 1434 – d. 1472
Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop and poet (d. 1472)
García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca
b. 1514 – d. 1577
García Álvarez de Toledo, 4th Marquis of Villafranca, Spanish noble and admiral (d. 1577)
Nicholas Pieck
b. 1534 – d. 1572
Nicholas Pieck, Dutch Franciscan friar and martyr (d. 1572)
Henry Gage (soldier)
b. 1597 – d. 1645
Henry Gage, Royalist officer in the English Civil War (d. 1645)
Jean-Baptiste Colbert
b. 1619 – d. 1683
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French economist and politician, French Controller-General of Finances (b. 1619)
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath
b. 1628 – d. 1701
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1701)
John Locke
b. 1632 – d. 1704
John Locke, English physician and philosopher (d. 1704)
Giovanni Battista Casti
b. 1724 – d. 1803
Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803)
Charles Townshend
b. 1725 – d. 1767
Charles Townshend, English politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer (b. 1725)
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony
b. 1728 – d. 1797
Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (d. 1797)
Deaths on 29 August 91
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Basil I
d. 886 (b. 811)
Basil I, Byzantine emperor (b. 811)
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Wang Jipeng
d. 939
Wang Jipeng, emperor of Min
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Empress Li Chunyan
d. 939
Li Chunyan, empress of Min (Ten Kingdoms)
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Empress Fu the Elder
d. 956
Empress Fu the Elder, Chinese empress consort
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Abu Taghlib
d. 979
Abu Taghlib, Hamdanid ruler
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy
d. 1093 (b. 1057)
Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
Eystein I of Norway
d. 1123 (b. 1088)
Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088)
Al-Mustarshid
d. 1135
Al-Mustarshid, Caliph of Baghdad
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Bertha of Sulzbach
d. 1159
Bertha of Sulzbach, Byzantine Empress (b. 1110s)
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar
d. 1298 (b. 1269)
Eleanor of England, Countess of Bar (b. 1269)
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Peter Tempesta
d. 1315 (b. 1261)
Peter Tempesta (b. 1261)
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Charles of Taranto
d. 1315 (b. 1296)
Charles of Taranto (b. 1296)