Page 3: Historical Events In December - 29

1862  On this day in history battle of Chichasaw Bayou: confederate armies defeat Gen Sherman   

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

1866  On December - 29 joseph Limburg, liberal Second-Member of parliament (1905-19)   

1867  On this day in history first telegraph ticker used by a brokerage house, Groesbeck and Co, New York   

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

1869  On December - 29 bill Howell, cricketer (Australian bowler at turn of century)   

1871  On this day in history ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71   

1876  11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula OH on December - 29.   

1876  On December - 29 11 passenger cars crash in a ravine near Ashtabula Ohio, 92 die   

1876  Pablo Casals, Vendrell Catalonia Spain, violinist/conductor/composer on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1877  Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies on this day in history.   

1879  On December - 29 billy Mitchell, aviation hero Gen (WW I)   

1880  Jean-Fernand Vaubourgoin, composer on December - 29.   

1885  On December - 29 gottlieb Daimler patents 1st bike (Germany)   

1887  On December - 29 kiyoshi Nobutoki, composer   

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

1890  On December - 29 300 Sioux Indians are killed by US troops at Wounded Knee, South Dakota.   

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

1890  On December - 29 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 this day in history.   

1890  US 7th Cavalry massacre 200+ captive Sioux at Wounded Knee, SD on this day in history.   

1890  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on December - 29.   

1891  Edison patents "transmission of signals electrically" (radio) on December - 29.   

1891  On this day in history leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68   

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

1894  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on December - 29.   

1895  Dr L S Jameson begins failed raid on Johannesburg on December - 29.   

1896  First issue of newspaper Le Soleil is published on this day in history.   

1896  David Alfaro Siqueiros, Mexico, painter/muralist (Lib of Chile) on this day in history.   

1897  Hermann Heiss, composer on this day in history.   

1898  Jeanne Leleu, composer on this day in history.   

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1899  English fleet brings German postschip Bundesrath up on this day in history.   

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1563  On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer   

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  On December - 29 birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great   

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

1743  On December - 29 birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

1767  On December - 29 birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

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

0721  On this day in history death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)   

1141  On this day in history death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed   

1170  Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on December - 29.   

1558  On December - 29 hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31   

1563  On December - 29 death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)   

1619  Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on this day in history.   

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

1634  On December - 29 death of john Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)