Historical Events In December - 29

1862  On December - 29 battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman   

1864  Fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball on this day in history.   

1866  On December - 29 joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19)   

1867  First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York on December - 29.   

1867  1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY on December - 29.   

1869  On this day in history bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)   

1871  On this day in history ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71   

1876  On this day in history 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH   

1876  11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die on this day in history.   

1876  On December - 29 pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer   

1877  Grand Trunk Railroad workers strike to support fired members of Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; strike broken by use of militia and unorganized workers on this day in history.   

1877  On December - 29 willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies   

1879  Billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I) on December - 29.   

1880  On December - 29 jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer   

1885  Gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany) on December - 29.   

1887  On December - 29 kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer   

1888  Joseph Beran, Czech archbishop of Prague/cardinal on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history 300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.   

1890  On December - 29 federal troops massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD; Indian "war" in the west   

1890  On December - 29 the "Battle of Wounded Knee" ends the last major Indian resistance to white settlement in America   

1890  On December - 29 the last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place   

1890  On this day in history uS 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD   

1890  On December - 29 big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) on December - 29.   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on December - 29.   

1892  Emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair) on December - 29.   

1894  On this day in history chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64   

1895  Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history first issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published.   

1896  David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile) on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history hermann Heiss, composer   

1898  Jeanne Leleu, composer on December - 29.   

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on December - 29.   

1899  English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up on this day in history.   

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1563  On December - 29 birth of francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer   

1586  On December - 29 birth of francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona   

1678  On December - 29 birth of gotthard Wagner, composer   

1709  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great   

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on this day in history.   

1743  On December - 29 birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

1767  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on December - 29.   

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on this day in history.   

0721  On this day in history death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)   

1141  Death of Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on this day in history.   

1170  On this day in history death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II   

1558  On December - 29 hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31   

1563  Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on December - 29.   

1619  Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on this day in history.   

1630  On December - 29 jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51   

1634  On this day in history death of john Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)