What is August 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === *[[708]] &ndash; [[Copper]] coins are first minted in [[Japan]]. *[[1261]] &ndash; [[Pope Urban IV|Urban IV]] becomes [[Pope]], the last man to do so without being a [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]] first. *[[1315]] &ndash; [[Battle of Montecatini]]: The army of the [[Republic of Pisa]], commanded by [[Uguccione della Faggiuoli]], wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the [[Kingdom of Naples]] and [[Republic of Florence]] despite being outnumbered (meaning the opposing armies, combined, had more [[soldier]]s). *[[1350]] &ndash; [[Battle of Winchelsea]]: An [[England|English]] naval fleet under King [[Edward III of England|Edward III]] defeats a [[Kingdom of Castile|Castilian]] fleet of 40 [[ship]]s. *[[1475]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Picquigny]] ends a brief war between [[France]] and [[England]]. *[[1484]] &ndash; [[Pope Innocent VIII]], a staunch supporter of the [[Spanish Inquisition]], is elected Pope. *[[1498]] &ndash; [[Vasco da Gama]] decides to leave [[Calicut]], present–day [[Kerala]], southern [[India]], and return to [[Portugal]]. *[[1521]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Turks]] capture [[Nándorfehérvár]], now known as [[Belgrade]]. *[[1526]] &ndash; [[Battle of Mohács]]: The Ottoman Turks led by [[Suleiman the Magnificent]] defeat and kill the last [[Jagiellonian]] king of [[Hungary]] and [[Bohemia]]. *[[1541]] &ndash; The Ottoman Turks capture [[Buda]], the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. *[[1728]] &ndash; [[Nuuk]], [[Greenland]], is founded as the fort of Godt–Haab by Danish royal governor [[Claus Paarss]]. *[[1741]] &ndash; The [[volcanic eruption]] on Oshima–Oshima Island, [[Japan]], causes [[tsunami]]s in the [[Sea of Japan]], which kill around 1600 people. *[[1751]] &ndash; The world's biggest [[wine]] barrel is completed in the [[cellar]] of [[Heidelberg]] [[Castle]], present–day [[Germany]]. It can carry 221,726 [[liter]]s. *[[1756]] &ndash; [[Frederick II of Prussia|Frederick the Great]] attacks [[Saxony]], beginning the [[Seven Year