Historical Events In May - 29
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1692 Battle at La Hogue English & Dutch fleet beat France on this day in history.
1692 On May - 29 royal Hospital Founders Day first celebrated
1692 Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France on May - 29.
1716 Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist on May - 29.
1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony on May - 29.
1727 On May - 29 peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia
1730 On this day in history william Jackson, composer
1731 Orazio Mei, composer on May - 29.
1733 On May - 29 the right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
1736 On this day in history patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
1741 Johann Gottfried Krebs, composer on this day in history.
1750 Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70 on May - 29.
1753 On May - 29 joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel" premieres
1753 On this day in history joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres
1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" on this day in history.
1780 On May - 29 lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
1787 On May - 29 "Virginia Plan" proposed
1788 On May - 29 jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61
1790 On May - 29 rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution on this day in history.
1791 Pietro Romani, composer on May - 29.
1810 On May - 29 erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1814 On this day in history josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies
1815 Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1816 On May - 29 madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
1824 On this day in history cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army)
1825 On May - 29 david Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864
1826 On this day in history ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)
1827 On May - 29 reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890
1829 Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84 on May - 29.
1833 On this day in history william Marshall, composer, dies at 84
1837 Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) on May - 29.
1839 On May - 29 ned Gregory, cricketer (bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test)
1840 On this day in history hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)
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