Page 4: Historical Events In January - 29

1895  On this day in history king Koko's Kopermannen assault on Akassa Niger, 100's killed   

1896  Emile Grubbe is first doctor to use radiation treatment for breast cancer on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history emile Grubbe is 1st dr to use radiation treatment for breast cancer   

1896  Teddy Hoad, cricketer (pioneering West Indian Test batsman) on this day in history.   

1897  On January - 29 ishbel, Lady Aberdeen, wife of the Governor General, helps found the Victorian Order of Nurses at the request of the National Council of Women   

1898  On this day in history fernand Quinet, Belgian cellist/composer/conductor (La Guerre)   

1899  On January - 29 alfred Sisley, painter, dies   

1900  Boers under Joubert beat English at Spionkop Natal, 2,000 killed on January - 29.   

1900  On this day in history queen Victoria gives assent July 9 to the Commonwealth of Australia Bill,   

1900  On January - 29 the American Baseball League, composed of eight teams, is organized in Philadelphia.   

1900  On this day in history marco Tajcevic, composer   

1901  Allen B DuMont, inventor (perfected coml practical cathode ray tube) on January - 29.   

1903  Dutch railroad workers strike on January - 29.   

1903  On this day in history cornelis H Edelman, Dutch geologist   

1904  On January - 29 1st athletic letters given (Univ of Chicago football team)   

1905  On January - 29 barnett Newmann, US painter (postpainterly abstraction)   

1906  Coen de King skates world record time: 32,370 km on January - 29.   

1906  Franciscus Hin, Holland, yachtsman (Olympic-gold-1920) on January - 29.   

1906  Christaan IX, King of Denmark (1893-1906), dies on January - 29.   

1908  The birth of Adam Clayton Powell, American politician on January - 29.   

1908  On this day in history alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, at Cornell University, incorporates   

1908  Adam Clayton Powell, (Rep-D-NY, 1945-70) on January - 29.   

1909  On this day in history alan Marshal, Sydney Aust, actor (White Cliffs of Dover, Lydia)   

1910  Paul Hodder-Williams, publisher on this day in history.   

1910  On this day in history edouard Rod, French/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e), dies at 52   

1911  George Burns, British major-general on January - 29.   

1912  Martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence MA on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history martial law declared in textile strike in Lawrence, MA   

1912  On January - 29 "Professor" Irwin Corey, Brooklyn NY, comedian (Car Wash, Doc)   

1912  On January - 29 hermann Bang, writer, dies at 54   

1913  Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, at Howard University, incorporates on January - 29.   

1913  On January - 29 the birth of Victor Mature, American actor   

1914  U.S. Marines land in Haiti to protect U.S. consulate on January - 29.   

1915  Frederic Ramsey Jr, folklorist/author on this day in history.   

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1584  Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange was born on this day in history.   

1632  On this day in history birth of johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (d. 1703)   

1688  On January - 29 birth of emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)   

1689  Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet was born on January - 29.   

1700  On January - 29 birth of daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)   

1703  Carlmann Kolb, composer was born on this day in history.   

1711  Giuseppi Bonno, composer was born on January - 29.   

1715  Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist was born on this day in history.   

0969  On January - 29 peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies   

1240  Death of Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (b. va. 1165) on this day in history.   

1342  On this day in history death of louis I, Duke of Bourbon (b. 1279)   

1559  Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52 on this day in history.   

1597  Death of Elias Ammerbach, German organist (b. 1530) on this day in history.   

1608  On this day in history death of frederick I, Duke of Württemberg (b. 1557)   

1647  Death of Francis Meres, English writer (b. 1565) on January - 29.   

1663  Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies on this day in history.