Events on Oct 29
- 0439Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
- 1508Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre
- 1552Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
- 1591Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX
- 1682William Penn lands at what is now Chester, Pennsylvania
- 1727Severe earthquake in New England
- 1787Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
- 1794French troops occupies Venlo
- 18111st Ohio River steamboat leaves Pittsburgh for New Orleans
- 1814"Demologos, " 1st steam-powered warship, is launched
- 18331st US college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded
- 1863International Comm of Red Cross forms (Nobel 1917, 1944, 1963)
- 1864Greek parliament accept new Constitution
- 1872J S Risdon patents metal windmill
- 1888Lord Salisbury grants Cecil Rhodes charter for BSA Company
- 1889New York Giants (NL) beat Brooklyn (AA) in world series 6 games to 3
- 1889Queen Victoria grants Cecil Rhodes rights to Zambezia
- 1889Stanley Park dedicated in Vancouver, BC
- 18941st election of Hawaiian Republic
- 19041st intercity trucking service (Colorado City & Snyder, Texas)
- 1904IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) subway (NYC) opens
- 1905Hottentot chief Hendrik Witbooi fataly injured
- 1910Bob Simpson of Hamilton Tigers kicks record 11 singles in a game
- 1914Turkish warships storm Black Sea
- 1915Aristide Briand becomes Premier of France
- 1915Thomas Masaryk claims independence for Czechoslovakia
- 1920Ed Barrow appointed GM of New York Yankees
- 1923Army move SPD / KPD-Government to German part of Saxon
- 1923Textile strike in Enschede Neth, against lower wages, begins
- 1923Turkey declares independence (successor state to Ottoman Empire)
Born on Oct 29
- 1463Alessandro Achillini: Italian Physician / philosopher
- 1507Fernando Alvarez de Toledo: Spanish Viceroy of the Netherlands (1566-73)
- 1513Jacques Amyot: French humanist / translator / abbot of Bellozanne
- 1562George Abbott: English theologist / Archbishop of Canterbury
- 1816Ferdinand II AFA: King of Portugal
- 1822Joost G Kist: Dutch lawyer / President of High Council (1885-97)
- 1824Joseph Horace Lewis: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1904
- 1837Abraham Kuyper: Clergyman / Dutch Premier (AR, 1908-12)
- 1837Harriet Powers: United States -- Slave / writer (Creation of Animals)
- 1844Albert von Rothschild: Austrian banker
- 1853Josephine B Willson Bruce: US theorist (NACW)
- 1857Conrad Haebler: German historian (Early printers of Spain / Portugal)
- 1859Charles Ebbets: (namesake of Ebbets Field, Brooklyn)
- 1871Narziss Ach: German psychologist (Analyse des Willens)
- 1873Guillermo Valencia: Colombia -- Poet / translator / Statesman
- 1875Marie: Queen consort of Ferdinand I of Romania (1914-27)
- 1878Alex E von Falkenhausen: German General (China, WWII)
- 1879Franz JHMM von Papen: German diplomat / chancellor (1932)
- 1883Dirk Verbeek: Dutch actor / director (Hofstad Stage)
- 1890Claire Goll: Writer
- 1891Fanny Brice: NYC, New York -- Singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)
- 1893Johannes F "Johan" Bakker, Jr.: Dutch actor
- 1897[Paul] Joseph Goebbels: Nazi propagandist
- 1897Hope Emerson: Hawarden, Iowa -- Actress (I Married Joan, Peter Gunn)
- 1898Emmanuel Bondeville: Composer
- 1899Akim Tamiroff: Tiflis, Russia -- Actor (For Whom the Bell Tolls)
- 1901Daniele Amfiteatrov: Composer
- 1903Vivian Ellis: Composer
- 1905Laurence Dowdall: Lawyer
- 1906Fredric [William] Brown: United States -- Sci-fi author (Martians Go Home)
Died on Oct 29
- 0490Petrus Mongus: Patriarch of Alexandria
- 1321Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin: King of Serbia (1282-1321)
- 1590Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert: Theologist / philosopher, dies at about 68
- 1618Walter Raleigh: English Scholar / Poet / historian, beheaded for treason
- 1790Pieter van / of Bleiswijk: Pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66
- 1802Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary: Composer, dies at 95
- 1822Dirk van Hogendorp: Dutch Earl / General / Minister of War, dies at 61
- 1829Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart: Austrian pianist
- 1846Jean Louis van Aelbroeck: Flemish agronoom, dies at 90
- 1853Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann: Composer, dies at 68
- 1853William Richard Bexfield: Composer, dies at 29
- 1856Carel SW van Hogendorp: Colonial director, dies at 68
- 1873Ernest Feydeau: French author, dies at 52
- 1873Johan N M J: King of Saxon (1854-73)
- 1873Leonardus Lightenvelt: Minister of RC Worship, dies at 78
- 1876Jacques Gregoir: Composer, dies at 59
- 1882Martin Gustav Nottebohm: Composer, dies at 64
- 1883Friedrich Robert Volkmann: Composer, dies at 68
- 1885George B McClellan: Union army General, dies at 58
- 1885James Hannington: English missionary, murdered in Uganda
- 1892William M Harnett: US Painter (Old Cupboard Door)
- 1901Leon Czolcosz: Assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted
- 1911Joseph Pulitzer: American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, South Carolina
- 1919Soen Shaku: Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60
- 1920Johann Ernst Perabo: Composer, dies at 74
- 1922George August Lumbye: Composer, dies at 79
- 1927Leonard Nelson: German philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45
- 1931Luciano Gallet: Composer, dies at 38
- 1932Joseph F F Babinski: Polish / French neurologist (B-Reflex)
- 1934Gustavo Emilio Campa: Composer, dies at 71
Historical events on October 30
- 0701John VI of Greece begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0942Alberic nominates Pope Marinus II (Martinus III)
- 1077German King Henry IV gives away bisdom Utrecht county Staveren
- 12708th and last crusade is launched
- 1389French King Charles VI visits Pope Clemens VII
- 1468Charles the Stout occupies and plunders Luik
- 1485King Henry VII Tudor crowned "Yeomen of the Guard"
- 1489Peace of Tours, between Emperor Maximilian I and Flemings
- 1503Queen Isabella of Spain bans violence against indians
- 1534English Parliament passes Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role formerly held by the Pope
- 1611Gustaaf II Adolf (17) becomes King of Sweden
- 1629King Charles I gives Bahamas to Sir Robert Heath
- 1697Germany signs French / English / Spanish / Netherlands / Brandenburgs peace treaty ending 9 year War
- 17681st Methodist church in US initiated (Wesley Chapel, NYC)
- 1772Captain Cook arrives with ship Resolution in Cape Town
- 17751st navy in US forms
- 1851Alfred de Mussets "Bettine, " premieres in Paris
- 1862Dr Richard Gatling patents machine gun
- 1866Jesse James gang robs bank in Lexington Missouri ($2000)
- 1868John Menard of Louisiana is 1st black elected to Congress
- 1871Philadelphia Athletics beat Chicago for 1st National Association baseball pennant
- 1883Austria-Hungary / Germany / Romania signs military treaty
- 1886Great-Britain / Germany divide boundaries in East-Africa
- 1888In London, Jack the Ripper murders his last victim
- 1888John J Loud patents ballpoint pen
- 1893Senate approves repealing Sherman Silver Purchase Act of 1890
- 1894Daniel Cooper patents time clock
- 1896Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah becomes 1st female senator
- 1899Battle at Ladysmith Natal: Boers beat Lieutenant General Whites army
- 1899British Morning Post reporter Winston Churchill reaches Cape Town
Born on October 30
- 1391Eduard [Dom Duarte]: King of Portugal (1433-38) / author
- 1576Enrico C Davila: Padua, Italy -- Writer (Storia delguerre civili Francia)
- 1620Michael de Ronghe: Composer
- 1632Richard Brinsley Sheridan: Playwright (School for Scandal) (or 1751)
- 1712Christian Wilhelm Ernst Dietrich: German painter
- 1735Edward Miller: Composer
- 1741Angelica Kauffmann: Switzerland -- Painter
- 1787Karl Guhr: Composer
- 1790Karol Joseph Lipinski: Composer
- 1790Rinse Posthumus: Frisian writer
- 1807James Samuel Wadsworth: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1817Hermann Kopp: German chemist (Jahresbericht of Chemistry)
- 1821Cenobio Paniagua y Vasques: Composer
- 1829Roscoe Conkling: MC (Union), died in 1888
- 1830John Stevens Bowen: Major General (Confederate Army) died in 1863
- 1839Alfred Sisley: French impressionist painter
- 1840Carlotta Patti: Italian soprano
- 1840William G Sumner: US sociologist / political analyst
- 1843A G Henri Regnault: French water colors painter
- 1845Gustav Weber: Composer
- 1848Zinovi P Rozhestvensky: Russian Vice-Admiral
- 1849Johan Willem: Son of Dutch Princess Marianne and coachman
- 1857John H Aberson: 1st chancellor (Dutch Agricultural University)
- 1864Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge: Composer
- 1869Lawrence Grant: Bournemouth, England -- Actor (Bulldog Drummond)
- 1873Francisco Madero: Mexico -- Revolutionary, President (1911-13)
- 1879Eily Malyon: London, England -- Actress (Jane Eyre, I Married a Witch, Devotion)
- 1880Abram F Joffe: Russian physicist (crystal)
- 1881Lena Christ: Writer
- 1882William "Bull" F Halsey: US Vice-Admiral (WWII Pacific)
Died on October 30
- 1459Gianfrancesco Poggio Bracciolini: Chancellor of Florence
- 1583Pirro Ligorio: Italian Architect / Painter / archaeologist, dies at 83
- 1611Karl IX: King of Sweden (1604-11)
- 1626Willebord van Roijen: Dutch mathematician, dies at 35
- 1626Willebrord Snellius: Astronomer / mathematician, dies at about 46
- 1632Henri de Montmorency: French duke / plotter, beheaded
- 1661Alexander Adriaenssen: Flemish painter, dies at 74
- 1667Johann Jakob Wolleb: Composer, dies at 54
- 1690Hieronymus van Beverningk: Duitch General, dies at 76
- 1757Osman III: Sultan of Turkey (1754-57)
- 1785Gustaf P Creutz: Swedish diplomat / Poet (Daphne), dies at 54
- 1787Ferdinando Galiani: Italian economist / philosopher / diplomat, dies at 58
- 1833Pieter G Witsen Geysbeek: Historian / literary, dies at 58
- 1853Pietro Raimondi: Italian Composer (Potifar, Giacobbe), dies at 66
- 1862Ormsby Mcknight Mitchel: US astronomer / Union General Major, dies at 53
- 1883Johann Vesque von Puttlingen: Composer, dies at 80
- 1885Gustav Adolf Merkel: Composer, dies at 57
- 1893John Abbott: Prime Minister of Canada (C) (1891-92), dies at 72
- 1896Charles Tupper: Prime Minister of Canada (C) (1896)
- 1901Opperman: South African Boer General (Spy), killed in battle
- 1910J Henri Dunant: Swiss writer / founder (Red Cross, YMCA)
- 1912Jan Karol Gali: Composer, dies at 56
- 1914Ernst Stadler: Writer, dies at 31
- 1916Silas Gamaliel Pratt: Composer, dies at 70
- 1923Andrew Bonar Law: English Prime Minister (C), dies at 64
- 1928Oscar George Theodore Sonneck: Composer, dies at 55
- 1932Paul S Methuen: English Baron / Field Marshal / gov of Natal, dies at 87
- 1944Paul Emile Ladmirault: Composer, dies at 66
- 1958Rose Macaulay: Writer, dies at 77
- 1959Blonde Dolly [Sybille A J Niemans]: Society prostitute, dies at 33
Events on Oct 31
- 0802Empress Irene of Byzantium driven out
- 08341st All Hallows Eve (Halloween) observed to honor the saints
- 1517Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church-Protestant Reformation
- 1552Emperor Karel and Markgraaf Albecht strike siege for Metz
- 1596English / French / Dutch delegates sign anti-Spanish "Drievoudig Covenant"
- 1617Laurens Reael resigns as Governor-General of East-Indies
- 1714Georg Ludwig van Hannover crowned as English King George I
- 1759Earthquake in Safed Palestine kills hundred
- 1793Execution of Girondins at Paris, during Reign of Terror
- 1794John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary / Philosophical Society
- 1808Holland Brigade battle at Durango, Spain
- 1837Collision of river boat Monmouth and Trement on Miss; 300 die
- 1846Donner party, unable to cross the Donner Pass, construct a winter camp
- 1864Nevada admitted as 36th state
- 1868Standard uniform approved for postal carriers
- 1871Founding of the Netherlands Protestant Union in Dokkum
- 1876Cyclone hits Bengal, about 200,000 die
- 1881Metropolitan club plays its last game of its non-league season They win 80 of 151 games (18-43 versus NL teams)
- 1888John Boyd Dunlop patents pneumatic bicycle tire
- 1900AL President Ban Johnson writes to NL President Nick Young seeking peace
- 1905Great revolutionary demonstration for amnesty in St. Petersburg
- 19084th Olympic games ends in London
- 1914Great Britain and France declare war on Turkey
- 1918Spanish flu-virus kills 21,000 in US in 1 week
- 1920Romania annexes Bessarabia
- 1921Federation Sportive Feminine International forms (1st Woman Track & Field Association)
- 1922Benito Mussolini (Il Duce) becomes Premier of Italy
- 1925Cossack officer Reza Chan replaces Sultan Ahmad Shah in Persia
- 1932Greek government of Venizelos falls
- 1937Spanish government moves from Valencia to Barcelona
Born on Oct 31
- 1291Philippe de Vitry: French composer / poet
- 1345Ferdinand I [the wise one]: King of Portugal (built navy)
- 1424Wladyslaw III Warnenczyk: King of Poland / Hungary
- 1541Hendrik van Kinschot: Dutch lawyer
- 1620John Evelyn: British diarist (Life of Mrs Godolphin)
- 1632Jan Vermeer: Holland, Netherlands -- Painter (Procuress, astronomer)
- 1638Meindert Hobbema: Amsterdams landscape painter, baptised
- 1705Clemens XIV [Giovanni Ganganelli]: Pope (1769-74)
- 1740William Paca: US judge / signer (Declaration of Independence)
- 1750Leonor de Almeida Marquesa de Alorna: Portuguese poet
- 1755Jean Louis van Aelbroeck: Flemish agronomist
- 1757Ignaz Spangler: Composer
- 1761Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck: Dutch patriot / Earl / Grand Pensionary
- 1785George F Kersting: German painter
- 1791Ferdinand Huber: Composer
- 1795John Keats: London, England -- Romantic poet (Ode to a Grecian Urn)
- 1815Karl Weierstrass: Germany -- Mathematician (theory of functions)
- 1825Raleigh Edward Colston: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1896
- 1826Hugh Boyle Ewing: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1905
- 1831Daniel Butterfield: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1901
- 1835Adelbert Ames: Bvt Major General (Union Army), died in 1933
- 1835J F W Adolf Ritter von Baeyer: German chemist (Nobel 1905)
- 1847Galileo Ferraris: Italian physicist (2-fasenmotor)
- 1852Mary E W Freeman: US writer (Revolt of Mother)
- 1854Georg A Erman: German Egyptologist (Grammar of Ancient Egypt)
- 1860Juliette Gordon Low: Activist / founder (Girl Scouts of America)
- 1875Seerp Anema: Poet / writer (Dutch Coasts)
- 1876Eduard van Oort: Zoologist (Ornithology of the Netherlands)
- 1887Chiang Kai-shek: Chekiang Province, China -- President of Nationalist China
- 1887Edouard Lalonde: Canada -- NHL (Montreal Canadiens) / lacrosse player
Died on Oct 31
- 1448Johannes VIII Palaeologus: Emperor of Byzantine
- 1556John Sleidanus: German humanist / Historian (Commentary), dies at 50
- 1634Erasmus Widmann: Composer, dies at 62
- 1641Cornelis C Jol [Houtebeen]: Adm (South-America), dies at about 41
- 1654Francisco Correa de Arauxo: Composer
- 1664Willem Frederik of Nassau-Dietz: Viceroy of Friesland, dies at 51
- 1744Leonardo Ortensio Salvatore de Leo: Composer, dies at 50
- 1765Duke of Cumberland: English politician / uncle of George III
- 1768Francesco Maria Veracini: Italian opera composer, dies at 78
- 1793Pierre V Vergniaud: French politician / police leader, guillotined at 40
- 1806Sophie Mereau: Writer, dies at 36
- 1815Daniel Belknap: Composer, dies at 44
- 1851Peter II Petrovic Njegos: Bishop of Montenegro (1830-51), dies at 37
- 1860Johan Nathan: Murderer, hanged
- 1863Louis Ludwig Blenker: German / US Brigadier General (Union), dies at 51
- 1865William Parson: 3rd Earl of Rosse and maker of large telescopes
- 1870Mihaly Mosonyi: Composer, dies at 55
- 1879Big Snake: Brother of Ponca chief Standing Bear
- 1887George Alexander Macfarren: Composer, dies at 74
- 1895Franz Hedrich: Austria writer, dies at about 62
- 1902Jean-Baptist Colyns: Composer, dies at 67
- 1918Egon Schiele: Austria Painter / graphic artist, dies at 28
- 1918Stephen Tisza: Hungarian Prime Minister (-1917), assassinated by soldiers
- 1925Max Linder: Actor (Man in the Silk Hat), dies at 41
- 1926Harry Houdini [Erich Weisz]: US magician, dies in Detroit
- 1939Otto Rank [Rosenfeld]: Austria psychoanalyst (Trauma of Geburt)
- 1941Herwarth Walden: Writer, dies at 63
- 1943Max Reinhardt: Austrian stage manager (Turandot)
- 1945Henry Ainley: Actor (As You Like It), dies at 66
- 1948Cissy van Marxfield [Setske Beek-de Han]: Writer