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August 29

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  1. 1523 CEChristian · died

    German humanist, poet and Reformation pamphleteer Ulrich von Hutten died on the island of Ufenau in Lake Zurich under Zwingli's protection.

  2. 1799 CEChristian · died

    Pope Pius VI, held prisoner by French Revolutionary forces, died at Valence in France, the last pope to date to die outside Italy.

  3. 1831 CEScience · discovered

    Michael Faraday wound two coils on an iron ring and found that switching the current in one produced a momentary current in the other, the principle behind electric generators.

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