About August 29
August 29, 2024 is the 242nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Is this your birthday? Are you not curious to learn who shares your special day? Find out the August 29 famous birthdays and expand your knowledge today. (Sponsored link)
Virgo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 153 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On August 29
- 708 –Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
- 1475 –The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
- 1498 –Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.
- 1521 –The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
- 1526 –Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
- 1655 –Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
- 1786 –Shays’ Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
- 1831 –Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
- 1833 –The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
- 1861 –American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
- 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).
- 1885 –Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen
- 1903 –The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Sclass Borodinos, is launched.
- 1907 –The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- 1910 –The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
- 1915 –US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.
- 1943 –German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
- 1950 –Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
- 1991 –Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
- 1991 –Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
Do you drink coffee? Did you know that coffee and word games are an excellent combination to sharpen your vocabulary? Try this! Within 30 seconds, how many words can you think of from these letters KNRJONYETOO? Check your answers here: Make words with these letters KNRJONYETOO. (Sponsored by WordFinder.Cafe)
Share or Link to This Page: