Historical Events In December - 29
Monday, 18 March 2024
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 December - 29.
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 On December - 29 isabella of Poland & King Ferdinand of Austria sign Treaty of Gyalu
1558 Charles V, German emperor, buried on December - 29.
1558 On this day in history hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31
1563 On December - 29 francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer
1586 Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona on this day in history.
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 December - 29.
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 this day in history prosper Jolyot's "Idomenée," premieres in Paris
1708 On this day in history great Alliance occupies Gent
1709 On December - 29 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 this day in history.
1743 On December - 29 alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer
1766 On December - 29 the birth of Charles Macintosh, Inventor of waterproof clothing
1767 On December - 29 aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer
1776 On this day in history 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 1st nautical almanac in US published by Samuel Stearns, Boston on December - 29.
1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on December - 29.
1786 On December - 29 french Revolution: The Assembly of Notables is convoked
1792 On December - 29 archibald Alison, Scottish historian (History of Europe)
1800 Charles Goodyear founder of Goodyear Tire was born on this day in history.
1800 Charles Goodyear, inventor (vulcanization process for rubber) on this day in history.
1806 William Gladstone, Liberal Prime Minister on this day in history.
1808 On this day in history andrew Johnson, Raleigh NC, (Unionist), 17th pres (1865-69)
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