Eamon DeValera, Irish statesman, died
August 29, 1975
Island of St Kilda evacuated.
August 29, 1930
Birth of Jack B. Yeats, painter and author, in London
August 29, 1871
Samuel Neilson, co-founder of the United Irishmen, dies
August 29, 1803
Cornwallis reaches Tuam
August 29, 1798
Battle of Tranent
August 29, 1797
Birth of David La Touche, banking magnate and MP
August 29, 1729