January 29 Historical Events

The following events took place on January 29. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 42 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 757
  An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang dynasty and emperor of Yan, is murdered by his own son, An Qingxu.
• 904
  Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.
• 1258
  First Mongol invasion of Đại Việt: Đại Việt defeats the Mongols at the battle of Đông Bộ Đầu, forcing the Mongols to withdraw from the country.
• 1676
  Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1814
  War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.
• 1819
  Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.
• 1834
  US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
• 1845
  “The Raven” is published in The Evening Mirror in New York, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe
• 1850
  Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.
• 1856
  Queen Victoria issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War.
• 1861
  Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
• 1863
  The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men women and children.
• 1886
  Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile.
• 1891
  Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaii.
• 1900
  The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams.

• 1907
  Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator.
• 1916
  World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins.
• 1918
  Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty.
• 1918
  Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later.
• 1936
  The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced.
• 1940
  Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. One hundred eighty-one people are killed.
• 1941
  Alexandros Koryzis becomes Prime Minister of Greece upon the sudden death of his predecessor, dictator Ioannis Metaxas.
• 1943
  The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers.
• 1944
  World War II: Approximately 38 people are killed and about a dozen injured when the Polish village of Koniuchy (present-day Kaniūkai, Lithuania) is attacked by Soviet partisan units.
• 1944
  In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid.
• 1948
  The Pakistan Socialist Party is founded in Karachi.
• 1963
  The first inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced.
• 1967
  The “ultimate high” of the hippie era, the Mantra-Rock Dance, takes place in San Francisco and features Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead, and Allen Ginsberg.
• 1989
  Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making it the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so.
• 1991
  Gulf War: The Battle of Khafji, the first major ground engagement of the war, as well as its deadliest, begins.