Historical Events In April - 29

1781  French fleet occupies Tobago on April - 29.  

1783  On April - 29 david Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting)  

1784  On April - 29 premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna)  

1793  On April - 29 cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall  

1806  Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher on this day in history.  

1808  On this day in history hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer [or 1883]  

1813  On April - 29 rubber is patented  

1813  On April - 29 christian Danner, composer, dies at 55  

1814  USS Peacock captures HMS Epervier on April - 29.  

1815  On this day in history abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1890  

1818  On this day in history alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1855-81)  

1830  Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels on April - 29.  

1834  On this day in history charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia  

1841  On this day in history a Bertrand, writer, dies  

1845  Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice on this day in history.  

1852  First edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published on April - 29.  

1852  1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published on this day in history.  

1853  On this day in history comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth  

1854  On this day in history the birth of Henri Poincare, French mathematician  

1854  Henri Poincaré, France, mathematician/astronomer/philosopher on April - 29.  

1855  Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) [OS] on this day in history.  

1856  Peace between England & Russia on April - 29.  

1857  US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently established at Presidio (SF) on April - 29.  

1857  On April - 29 uS Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (SF)  

1857  On this day in history edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e)  

1860  Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk) on this day in history.  

1861  On April - 29 asteroid 68-Leto & Asteroid 69-Hesperia discovered  

1861  On this day in history maryland's House of Delegates vote against seceding from Union  

1861  On April - 29 r Luther discovers asteroid #68 Leto  

1861  On this day in history maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union  

1862  100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss on April - 29.  

1862  New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War on this day in history.  

1862  On this day in history vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer  

1863  The birth of William Randolph Hearst, American publisher on this day in history.  

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1584  On this day in history birth of melchior Teschner, composer  

1636  On this day in history birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

1660  On this day in history birth of matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer  

1665  On this day in history birth of james Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)  

1667  John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope) was born on April - 29.  

1686  On April - 29 birth of peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)  

1727  On April - 29 birth of jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)  

1745  Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800) was born on this day in history.  

0852  On April - 29 amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76  

0926  Death of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.  

1380  Death of Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347) on April - 29.  

1499  John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies on April - 29.  

1535  On this day in history death of john Houghton, English, executed  

1594  On April - 29 death of thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer  

1630  On this day in history death of agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552)  

1658  Death of John Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613) on April - 29.