November 29 in History: Historical Events, Birthdays, Deaths & Holidays
Wednesday, 12 August 2026
0526 Antioch in modern day Syria struck by Earthquake, about 250000 die. 

0561 Chlotarius I, king of the France (558-61), dies at about 61. 

0799 Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome 

0917 Radboud, bishop of Utrecht/Deventer (900-17)/saint, dies. 

1229 Louis II, the Stern, ruler (upper Baveria). 

1268 Clement IV, [Guido Fulcodi], Pope (1265-68), dies 

1314 Philippe IV, the Handsome, King of France (1285-1314), dies 

1349 Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred. 

1378 Charles IV, Roman-German King/German emperor (Univ of Prague), dies 

1516 Treaty of Freiburg] French/Swiss "eternal" peace treaty 

1530 Lord Chancellor, (1514-29), dies at about 56 

1561 Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland 

1573 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands 

1581 Doornik surrenders to duke of Parma. 

1596 King Philip II devalues Spanish currency 

1626 Ernst, Graf von Mansfield, German soldier (c. 1580) 

1632 Frederick V, king of Bohemia (White Mountain), dies at 36 

1643 Claudio Giovanni Monteverdi, Italian composer (L'arianna), dies at 76. 

1682 Rupert, prince of Palts/adm/chemist/engraver/mathematician, dies at 62 

1745 Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle. 

1760 French commandant Beletre surrenders Detroit to Maj R Rogers. 

1761 Fridolin Weber, composer. 

1770 Peter Hansel, composer 

1775 Sir James Jay invents invisible ink 

1775 Lorenzo Somis, composer, dies at 87. 

1780 Maria Theresia Hapsburg, Queen of Austria, dies at 63. 

1781 The crew of the slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea in order to claim insurance 

1781 Andres Bello, Venezuela poet/diplomat/scholar (Silvas Americanas). 

1797 Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti, composer. 

1799 Amos Bronson Alcott, US educator/poet (Concord Days). 

1802 Wilhelm Hauff, writer. 

1803 Dessalines and Christophe declare St Domingue (Haiti) independent 

1803 Christian Doppler, Austrian physicist (Doppler effect) 

1811 Wendell Phillips, women's suffrage/antislavery/prison reformer. 

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