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August 29

August 29 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1475 and 1996. Hundred Years' War: The Treaty of Picquigny formally ends the war between the kingdoms of France and England.

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What happened on August 29?

August 29 is the 241st day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1475 and 1996. Famous people born on August 29 include Michael Jackson, John Locke and John McCain.

The shape of the day

August 29's record stretches 521 years, from 1475 to 1996. Its center of gravity is the 20th century, and conflict is a recurring thread.

Virgo is the sign for August 29 — read more on the Virgo page, or see August's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on August 29

Movies, games, albums & shows

2025

  • Game Shinobi: Art of Vengeance
  • Game Lost Soul Aside

2024

  • Game Gori: Cuddly Carnage
  • Game Emio: The Smiling Man - Famicom Detective Club
  • Game Gundam Breaker 4
  • Game Visions of Mana
  • Game Akimbot
  • Game Monster Jam Showdown
  • Game Squirrel with a Gun

2023

  • Game Goodbye Volcano High
  • Game Under the Waves

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1475

    Hundred Years' War

    Hundred Years' War: The Treaty of Picquigny formally ends the war between the kingdoms of France and England.

  2. 1728

    Nuuk

    The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.

  3. 1831

    Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.

  4. 1842

    Treaty of Nanking

    Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.

  5. 1885

    Gottlieb Daimler

    Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine, the Reitwagen.

  6. 1903

    Russian battleship Slava

    The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.

  7. 1914

    World War I

    World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.

  8. 1960

    Air France Flight 343

    Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard.

  9. 1991

    Libero Grassi

    Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

  10. 1996

    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801

    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

Famous birthday twins

Born on August 29

Michael Jackson

b. 1958

American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor

John Locke

b. 1632

English physician and philosopher

John McCain

b. 1936

American captain and politician

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

b. 1780

French painter and illustrator

Ingrid Bergman

b. 1915

Swedish actress

Tony MacAlpine

b. 1960

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Maurice Maeterlinck

b. 1862

Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

Richard Attenborough

b. 1923

English actor, director, and producer

Deaths

  • 1991Libero Grassi
  • 1987Lee Marvin
  • 1982Ingrid Bergman
  • 1972Lale Andersen
  • 1523Ulrich von Hutten
  • 886Basil I

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Adelphus of Metz
  • —Christian feast day: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  • —Christian feast day: Eadwold of Cerne
  • —Christian feast day: Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Sabina
  • —Christian feast day: Vitalis, Sator and Repositus
  • —Christian feast day: August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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