Historical Events In December - 29
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
1141 Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on December - 29.
1170 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 on December - 29.
1170 Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on this day in history.
1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France on December - 29.
1539 St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning on December - 29.
1541 On December - 29 isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
1558 On December - 29 charles V, German emperor, buried
1558 Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on December - 29.
1563 On December - 29 francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer
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 On this day in history jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
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 this day in history.
1705 On this day in history prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée," premieres in Paris
1708 On December - 29 great Alliance occupies Gent
1709 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great on December - 29.
1721 On December - 29 madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th
1731 J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 on December - 29.
1743 On December - 29 alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer
1766 On this day in history the birth of Charles Macintosh, Inventor of waterproof clothing
1767 On this day in history aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer
1776 Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric on this day in history.
1778 On December - 29 english troops occupy Savannah, Georgia
1782 On this day in history 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 On this day in history johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69
1786 French Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked on December - 29.
1792 On this day in history archibald Alison, Scottish historian (History of Europe)
1800 Charles Goodyear founder of Goodyear Tire was born on this day in history.
1800 On December - 29 charles Goodyear, inventor (vulcanization process for rubber)
1806 William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister on this day in history.
1808 Andrew Johnson, Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69) on December - 29.
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