Page 3: Historical Events In December - 29

1862  Battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman on December - 29.   

1864  On December - 29 fire Dept celebrates 1st annual ball   

1866  Joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19) on December - 29.   

1867  First telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York on this day in history.   

1867  1st telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck & Co, NY on this day in history.   

1869  Bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century) on December - 29.   

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  On December - 29 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die   

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 December - 29.   

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  On December - 29 gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany)   

1887  Kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer on this day in history.   

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

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

1890  On this day in history federal troops massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD; Indian "war" in the west   

1890  On this day in history the "Battle of Wounded Knee" ends the last major Indian resistance to white settlement in America   

1890  The last ever battle between American natives and US troops takes place on December - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1892  Emory Parnell, St Paul MN, actress (Rocket Man, County Fair) on this day in history.   

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  First issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published on December - 29.   

1896  David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile) on December - 29.   

1897  On December - 29 hermann Heiss, composer   

1898  On December - 29 jeanne Leleu, composer   

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  Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1678  On this day in history birth of gotthard Wagner, composer   

1709  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great was born on this day in history.   

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on December - 29.   

1743  On this day in history birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

1767  On this day in history birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on December - 29.   

0721  Death of Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) on December - 29.   

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

1170  Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on this day in history.   

1558  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

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

1619  On December - 29 antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies   

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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