What are the important events that happened on August 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 29: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 29 is the 241^st day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 16, 2025 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 487,896 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontahenagon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac 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 172 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,634 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

August 29 Historical Events

• 1498 –
  Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.
• 1521 –
  The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
• 1825 –
  Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
• 1833 –
  The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
• 1885 –
  Gottlieb Daimler patents the world’s first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen
• 1898 –
  The Goodyear tire company is founded.
• 1911 –
  Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
• 1941 –
  Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
• 1982 –
  The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
• 1991 –
  Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

Who were born on August 29?

• 1434 –
  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet, diplomat and Bishop of Pécs (d. 1472)
• 1809 –
  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894)
• 1811 –
  Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)
• 1905 –
  Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (d. 1941)
• 1926 –
  María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
• 1934 –
  John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
• 1952 –
  Dave Malone, American rock guitarist
• 1958 –
  Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor
• 1972 –
  Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor
• 1976 –
  Giorgos Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player

Who died on August 29?

• 1526 –
  King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in the Battle of Mohács) (b. 1506)
• 1866 –
  Tokugawa Iemochi, 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan (b. 1846)
• 1877 –
  Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801)
• 1976 –
  Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. 1899)
• 1983 –
  Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915)
• 1987 –
  Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
• 1990 –
  Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian writer and mystic (b. 1901)
• 1995 –
  Frank Perry, American film director (b. 1930)
• 2002 –
  Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920)
• 2003 –
  Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b. 1939)