Today in History on This Day in History This Day in History for Thursday 29th August 2013 Events 1 - 15 of 158 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). 1178 - Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III 1261 - Jacques Pantaleon elected as Pope Urban IV 1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. 1475 - Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts 1484 - Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII 1521 - The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade. 1526 - Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Mohács 1533 - Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa 1540 - Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges 1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. 1612 - Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese 1640 - English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland 1655 - Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge. 1664 - Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam
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