November 29Birthdays & History

On this day: November 29 in history

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1. 528Antioch suffers its second major earthquake in two years, killing thousands and destroying its remaining edifice.Middle East
2. 561Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.Europe
3. 618The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.Asia
4. 903The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.Middle East
5. 1114A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.Middle East
6. 1549The papal conclave of 1549–50 begins.Europe
7. 1612The Battle of Swally takes place, which loosens the Portuguese Empire's hold on India.EuropeAsia
8. 1729Natchez Indians massacre 138 Frenchmen, 35 French women, and 56 children at Fort Rosalie, near the site of modern-day Natchez, Mississippi.EuropeNorth America
9. 1732The magnitude 6.6 Irpinia earthquake causes 1,940 deaths in the former Kingdom of Naples, southern Italy.Europe
10. 1776During the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Fort Cumberland, Nova Scotia, comes to an end with the arrival of British reinforcements.North AmericaEurope
11. 1777San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe by José Joaquín Moraga. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.North America
12. 1781The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 54 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance, beginning the Zong massacre.Europe
13. 1783A 5.3 magnitude earthquake strikes New Jersey.North America
14. 1807John VI of Portugal flees Lisbon from advancing Napoleonic forces during the Peninsular War, transferring the Portuguese court to Brazil.EuropeLatin America
15. 1830An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.Europe
16. 1847The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.Europe
17. 1847Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.North America
18. 1850The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austria, which will take over the leadership of the German Confederation.Europe
19. 1863American Civil War: Union forces under General Ambrose Burnside successfully defend Knoxville, Tennessee from an attack by Confederate forces under General James Longstreet in the Battle of Fort Sanders during the Siege of Knoxville.North America
20. 1864Colorado War: Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants at Sand Creek inside Colorado Territory.North America
21. 1864American Civil War: The Confederate Army of Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army of the Ohio in the Battle of Spring Hill during the Franklin–Nashville campaign.North America
22. 1872The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.North America
23. 1877Thomas Edison demonstrates his phonograph for the first time.North America
24. 1890The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan, and the first Diet convenes.Asia
25. 1899FC Barcelona is founded by Catalan, Spanish and Englishmen. It later develops into one of Spanish and world football's most iconic and strongest teams.Europe
26. 1920The Armenian Revolutionary Committee declares Armenia to be a Soviet Socialist Republic, starting 71 years of Soviet rule in ArmeniaEurope
27. 1929U.S. Admiral Richard E. Byrd leads the first expedition to fly over the South Pole.North America
28. 1943The second session of the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia (AVNOJ), held to determine the post-war ordering of the country, concludes in Jajce (present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina).Europe
29. 1944Albania is liberated by the Partisans.Europe
30. 1945The Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia is declared.Europe
31. 1947French forces carry out a massacre at Mỹ Trạch, Vietnam during the First Indochina War.EuropeAsia
32. 1947The United Nations General Assembly approve the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine.Middle East
33. 1952U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.North AmericaAsia
34. 1961Enos, a chimpanzee, is launched into space. The spacecraft orbits the Earth twice and splashes down off the coast of Puerto Rico.Latin America
35. 1963U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.North America
36. 1963Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831 crashes shortly after takeoff from Montreal-Dorval International Airport, killing all 118 people on board.North America
37. 1963"I Want to Hold Your Hand", recorded on October 17, 1963, is released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom.Europe
38. 1967U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.North America
39. 1972Atari releases Pong, the first commercially successful video game.North America
40. 1982Michael Jackson releases Thriller, the best-selling music album of all time.North America
41. 1986The Surinamese military attacks the village of Moiwana during the Suriname Guerrilla War, killing at least 39 civilians, mostly women and children.Latin America
42. 1987North Korean agents plant a bomb on Korean Air Flight 858, which kills all 115 passengers and crew.Asia
43. 2007The Armed Forces of the Philippines lay siege to the Peninsula Manila after soldiers led by Senator Antonio Trillanes stage a mutiny.Asia
44. 2009Maurice Clemmons shoots and kills four police officers inside a coffee shop in Lakewood, Washington.North America
45. 2013LAM Mozambique Airlines 470 crashes in the Bwabata National Park in a pilot mass murder-suicide, killing all 33 people on board.Africa
46. 2025The Government of Jordan officially announces the launch of the Amra City development project during a site visit by the Prime Minister.Middle East

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