Page 2: Historical Events In May - 29

1692  Battle at La Hogue English & Dutch fleet beat France on May - 29.   

1692  Royal Hospital Founders Day first celebrated on May - 29.   

1692  On this day in history battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France   

1716  On May - 29 louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist   

1721  On May - 29 south Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony   

1727  Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia on May - 29.   

1730  William Jackson, composer on this day in history.   

1731  Orazio Mei, composer on May - 29.   

1733  On this day in history the right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.   

1736  Patrick Henry, US, patriot "Give me liberty or give me death" on May - 29.   

1741  On this day in history johann Gottfried Krebs, composer   

1750  On May - 29 giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70   

1753  On this day in history joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel" premieres   

1753  On this day in history joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres   

1765  On this day in history patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"   

1780  On May - 29 lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.   

1787  "Virginia Plan" proposed on May - 29.   

1788  On this day in history jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61   

1790  Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution on May - 29.   

1790  Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution on this day in history.   

1791  On May - 29 pietro Romani, composer   

1810  On May - 29 erasmus Darwin Keyes, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1895   

1814  Josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies on May - 29.   

1815  On May - 29 cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64   

1816  Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies on May - 29.   

1824  On this day in history cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army)   

1825  David Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864 on this day in history.   

1826  Ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern) on May - 29.   

1827  Reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890 on May - 29.   

1829  On May - 29 humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84   

1833  On May - 29 william Marshall, composer, dies at 84   

1837  Alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU) on this day in history.   

1839  Ned Gregory, cricketer (bro of Dave, father of Syd Played 1st Test) on this day in history.   

1840  On this day in history hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz)   

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1594  On May - 29 birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)   

1627  On May - 29 birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)   

1630  On May - 29 birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)   

1630  On this day in history birth of charles II of England (d. 1685)   

1673  Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council was born on this day in history.   

1675  Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715) was born on May - 29.   

1716  Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist was born on this day in history.   

1722  James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.   

1259  Death of King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) on this day in history.   

1379  On May - 29 death of king Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)   

1405  Death of Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France on this day in history.   

1425  Death of Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) on this day in history.   

1453  Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1500  Death of Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns on May - 29.   

1544  Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on May - 29.   

1546  On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered