Historical Events In December - 29
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1141 Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on December - 29.
1170 On December - 29 thomas Becket: Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, is assassinated inside Canterbury Cathedral by followers of King Henry II; he subsequently becomes a saint and martyr in the Anglican Church and the Roman Catholic Church.
1170 Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on this day in history.
1503 On this day in history battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France
1539 On December - 29 st Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning
1541 Isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu on this day in history.
1558 On December - 29 charles V, German emperor, buried
1558 Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on December - 29.
1563 Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer on this day in history.
1586 On December - 29 francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona
1619 Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on December - 29.
1630 Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on December - 29.
1678 Gotthard Wagner, composer on this day in history.
1689 Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on this day in history.
1703 Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on December - 29.
1705 Prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée," premieres in Paris on this day in history.
1708 Great Alliance occupies Gent on December - 29.
1709 On this day in history elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great
1721 On this day in history madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th
1731 J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 on December - 29.
1743 Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer on December - 29.
1766 On this day in history the birth of Charles Macintosh, Inventor of waterproof clothing
1767 On December - 29 aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer
1776 On December - 29 charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric
1778 English troops occupy Savannah, Georgia on this day in history.
1782 On December - 29 first nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1782 On December - 29 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston
1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on December - 29.
1786 French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked on this day in history.
1792 On this day in history archibald Alison, Scottish historian (History of Europe)
1800 On December - 29 charles Goodyear founder of Goodyear Tire was born
1800 On December - 29 charles Goodyear, inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1806 On this day in history william Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister
1808 Andrew Johnson, Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69) on this day in history.
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