Page 2: Historical Events In May - 29

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

1692  On May - 29 royal Hospital Founders Day first celebrated   

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

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

1721  On this day in history 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 May - 29.   

1731  Orazio Mei, composer on this day in history.   

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 May - 29 johann Gottfried Krebs, composer   

1750  On this day in history giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70   

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

1753  Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres on this day in history.   

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  Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed on this day in history.   

1787  "Virginia Plan" proposed on May - 29.   

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

1790  On this day in history rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution   

1790  On May - 29 rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution   

1791  Pietro Romani, composer on this day in history.   

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

1814  On May - 29 josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies   

1815  Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64 on May - 29.   

1816  On this day in history madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies   

1824  Cadmus Marcellus Wilcox, Major General (Confederate Army) on this day in history.   

1825  On May - 29 david Bell Birney, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1864   

1826  On May - 29 ebenezer Butterick, inventor (tissue paper dress pattern)   

1827  On May - 29 reuben Lindsay Walker, Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1890   

1829  Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84 on May - 29.   

1833  On this day in history william Marshall, composer, dies at 84   

1837  On this day in history alexander F de Savornin Lohmann, Dutch minister/party leader (CHU)   

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

1840  Hans Makart, Austrian painter (Plague in Florenz) on this day in history.   

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1594  On this day in history birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)   

1627  Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle) was born on this day in history.   

1630  Charles II, King of England (1660-85) was born on May - 29.   

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

1673  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council   

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

1716  Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist was born on May - 29.   

1722  On May - 29 birth of james FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)   

1259  On May - 29 death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)   

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

1405  On this day in history death of philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France   

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

1453  On May - 29 constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49   

1500  Death of Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns on this day in history.   

1544  Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

1546  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on this day in history.