August 29 in History

starts   2022

Ukraine retakes Kherson from Russia

ends   1980

Vanuatu defeats separatist State of Vemerana

  1949

Soviets test their first nuclear weapon

starts   1944

Slovak uprising against Germany

  1940

Ubangi-Shari declares for de Gaulle

ends   1929

Soviets annex Franz Josef Land

  1924

Saudi-allied Ikhwan sack Ta’if

starts   1914

New Zealand occupies German Samoa

starts   1914

SMS Emden raids Indian Ocean

  1910

Japan annexes Korea

ends   1870

Riel leads Red River Rebellion; flees on arrival of authorities

  1864

French capture Monterrey

  1862

Italian authorities stop Garibaldi’s march on Rome at Aspromonte

starts   1854

Russians defeat Anglo-French attempt to take Petropavlovsk

starts   1828

French intervene in support of Greece

starts   1813

Allies defeat French at Kulm

starts   409

Franks and Burgundians invade Gaul*

starts   408

Families of Gothic troops massacred in Italy*

  313

Maximinus Daza commits suicide at Tarsus*

ends   83

Romans attack Chatti*

starts   73

Roman forces conquer Cambria*

  21

Pro-Roman Germans murder Armininius*