Historical Events In December - 29
Thursday, 19 June 2025
1141 Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on this day in history.
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 On this day in history thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II
1503 Battle at Carigliano: Spanish army beats France on this day in history.
1539 St Jacobs Church burns after being hit by lightning on this day in history.
1541 On this day in history isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
1558 Charles V, German emperor, buried on December - 29.
1558 Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on December - 29.
1563 Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer on December - 29.
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 On December - 29 olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
1703 Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on this day in history.
1705 On December - 29 prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée," premieres in Paris
1708 On this day in history great Alliance occupies Gent
1709 Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great on December - 29.
1721 Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th on December - 29.
1731 On December - 29 j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46
1743 Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer on this day in history.
1766 On December - 29 the birth of Charles Macintosh, Inventor of waterproof clothing
1767 Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer on December - 29.
1776 Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric on December - 29.
1778 On December - 29 english troops occupy Savannah, Georgia
1782 First nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston on December - 29.
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 On December - 29 french Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked
1792 Archibald Alison, Scottish historian (History of Europe) on this day in history.
1800 On December - 29 charles Goodyear founder of Goodyear Tire was born
1800 Charles Goodyear, inventor (vulcanization process for rubber) on December - 29.
1806 William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister on December - 29.
1808 Andrew Johnson, Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69) on December - 29.
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