Events on Nov 29
- 0799Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome
- 1349Jews of Augsburg Germany massacred
- 1516Treaty of Freiburg: French / Swiss "eternal" peace treaty
- 1581Doornik surrenders to Duke of Parma
- 1596King Philip II devalues Spanish currency
- 1745Bonnie Prince Charlies army moves into Manchester and occupy Carlisle
- 1775Sir James Jay invents invisible ink
- 1803Dessalines and Christophe declare St. Domingue (Haiti) independent
- 1813Elias Canneman (Lib) becomes Minister of Finance
- 18251st Italian opera in US, "Barber of Seville" premieres (NYC)
- 1847Indians kill Marcus and Narcissa Whitman, 11 settle in Walla Walla Ore
- 1863Battle of Ft Sanders, TN (Ft Loudon), 8-900 casualities
- 18644th and last day of skirmishes at Waynesboro, Georgia
- 1864Colorado militia kills 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians
- 1870Compulsory education proclaimed in England
- 1877Thomas Edison demonstrates hand-cranked phonograph
- 1887US receives rights to Pearl Harbor, on Oahu, Hawaii
- 18901st Army-Navy football game, Score: Navy 24, Army 0 at West Point
- 18971st motorcycle race (Surrey England)
- 1900Lord Kitchener succeeds lord Roberts up as Supreme Commander in South Africa
- 1901East 182nd Street in Bronx is paved and opened
- 19135th CFL Grey Cup: Hamilton Tigers defeats Toronto Parkdale, 44-2
- 1916Erwin Rommel marries Lucie "Lu" Mollin
- 1916US declares martial law in Dominican Republic
- 1918Serbia annexes Montenegro
- 1926Tris Speaker resigns as Indians manager
- 1926W Somerset Maughams "Constant Wife, " premieres in New York City
- 1929Lieutenant Commander Richard E Byrd sends "My calculations indicate that we have reached vicinity of South Pole" (He was wrong)
- 1932Cole Porters musical "Gay Divorcee, " premieres in New York City
- 1932France signs non-agression pact with Soviet Union
Born on Nov 29
- 1229Louis II [the Stern]: Ruler (upper Baveria)
- 1761Fridolin Weber: Composer
- 1770Peter Hansel: Composer
- 1797Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti: Composer
- 1799Amos Bronson Alcott: US educator / poet (Concord Days)
- 1802Wilhelm Hauff: Writer
- 1803Christian Doppler: Austrian physicist (Doppler effect)
- 1815Stephen Augustus Hurlbut: Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1882
- 1816Carl Binder: Composer
- 1818George Brown: Canada -- Publisher (Toronto Globe), Prime Minister (L) 1858
- 1833Louis Douglass Watkins: Brigadier General (Union volunteers), died in 1868
- 1834Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom: Bvt Major General (Union volunteers)
- 1838Aeneas Mackay: Baron / Dutch Minister of interior / Colonies
- 1839Ludwig Anzengruber: Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)
- 1849Ambrose Fleming: Inventor (diode)
- 1852Paul Joseph Guillaume Hillemacher: Composer
- 1856Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg: German Chancellor / Premier Prussia
- 1860Hans Haym: Composer
- 1862Friedrich Klose: Composer
- 1863Spyridon Filiskos Samaras: Composer
- 1866Waldemar von Baussnern: Composer
- 1872Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg: Austrian soprano / director
- 1891Julius Raab: Austrian union chancellor (1953-61)
- 1891Richard Frank Donovan: Composer
- 1894Yakima Canutt [Enos Edward]: Colfax, Washington -- Actor / dir (Texas Terror)
- 1895Busby Berkeley: Los Angeles, California -- Choreographer
- 1895Lodovico Rocca: Composer
- 1895William V S Tubman: (Whig), 17th Liberian President (1943-70)
- 1896Philip L Carret: Lynn, Massachusetts -- CEO (Pioneer Fund)
- 1896Roderique La Rocque [La Tour]: Western actor (Beau Bandit)
Died on Nov 29
- 0561Chlotarius I: King of the France (558-61), dies at about 61
- 0917Radboud: Bishop of Utrecht / Deventer (900-17) / saint
- 1268Clement IV [Guido Fulcodi]: Pope (1265-68)
- 1314Philippe IV [the Handsome]: King of France (1285-1314)
- 1378Charles IV: Roman-German King / German Emperor (University of Prague)
- 1530Lord Chancellor: (1514-29), dies at about 56
- 1632Frederick V: King of Bohemia (White Mountain), dies at 36
- 1682Rupert: Prince of Palts / chemist / engraver / mathematician, dies at 62
- 1775Lorenzo Somis: Composer, dies at 87
- 1780Maria Theresia Hapsburg: Queen of Austria, dies at 63
- 1813Giambattista Bodoni: Ital stamp cutter / publisher (bodoni), dies at 73
- 1843Marco Santucci: Composer, dies at 81
- 1864One-Eye: Cheyenne-chief
- 1865Herman van Sonsbeeck: Dutch lawyer / statesman, dies at 69
- 1872Cornelius Kreighoff: Canadian
- 1872Giovanni Tadolini: Composer, dies at 83
- 1872Horace Greeley: US founder / publisher (NY Tribune), dies at 61
- 1895Eduard count von Taaffe: Austria Premier (1868..93), dies at 62
- 1918Harald Kidde: Danish writer (Helten), dies at 40
- 1921Ivan Caryll: Composer (Pink Lady), dies at 60
- 1924Giacomo Puccini: Ital Composer (Mme Butterfly), dies in Brussels at 65
- 1925Karl Flodin: Composer, dies at 67
- 1939Philipp Scheidemann: German MP (SPD) / Mayor of Kassel, dies at 74
- 1952Rosa Lewis: English chef / owner (Cavendish Hotel London)
- 1952Vladimir N Ipatiev: Russian / US chemist, dies at 85
- 1954George Edward Robey: English comic / actor (Henry IV), dies at 85
- 1957Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Austria / US Composer (Kathrin), dies at 60
- 1959Fritz Brun: Composer, dies at 81
- 1959Hans Henny Jahnn: Writer, dies at 64
- 1962Rav Aaron Kotler: Orthodox Talmudic scholar, dies in Lakewood, New Jersey
Historical events on November 30
- 0306St. Marcellus I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 0722Pope Gregory II names Boniface as Missionary Bishop
- 1215Pope Innocent III closes 4th council of Lateranen
- 1406Angelo Correr elected Pope Gregory XII
- 1523Amsterdam bans assembly of heretics
- 1554England reconciles with Pope Julius III
- 163016,000 inhabitants of Venice died this month of plague
- 1648English army captures King Charles I
- 1678Roman Catholics banned from English parliament
- 1700Turkey declares war on Russia
- 1700Utrecht / Overijssel / Buren / Leerdam / IJsselstein go on Gregoria calendar
- 1731Beijing hit by Earthquake; about 100,000 die
- 1735States of Holland forbid Freemasonry
- 1747Dutch State of Zealand declare governorship hereditary for women
- 1753Benjamin Franklin receives Godfrey Copley-Penny
- 1776Captain Cook begins 3rd and last trip to Pacific (South Sea)
- 1782Britain signs agreement recognizing US independence
- 1787Spanish Governor leaves Philippines
- 1803Spain cedes her claims to Louisiana Territory to France
- 1804Impeachment trial of Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase begins
- 1813Prince Willem Frederik returns to the Netherlands
- 1838Mexico declares war on France
- 1863Confederate troops vacate Fort Esperanza, Texas
- 1864Battle of Franklin Tenn: Confederate attack fails, 7,700 casualities
- 1864Battle of Honey Hill SC (Broad River) 96 dead / 665 wounded
- 1866Work begins on 1st US underwater highway tunnel, Chicago
- 18721st International soccer game, Scotland-England 0-0 (Glasgow)
- 1885Opera "El Cid" premieres (Paris)
- 18861st commercially successful AC electric power plant opens, Buffalo
- 18871st indoor softball game (Chicago)
Born on November 30
- 0538St Gregory of Tours: Chronicler / Bishop
- 1340John Duke of Berry: Captain of Paris / art collector
- 1373Ferdinand I [the Righteous]: King of Aragon / Sicily
- 1427Kazimierz IV: King of Poland (1447-92)
- 1466Andrea Doria: Genoese Statesman / Admiral
- 1485Veronica Gambara: Italian poetess
- 1508Andrea Palladio [Andrea di Pietro della Gondola]: Architect
- 1554Philip Sidney: England, United Kingdom -- Poet / Statesman / soldier (Arcadia)
- 1593Johann Dilliger: Composer
- 1622Thomas of Apshoven: Flemish painter, baptized
- 1634Andres de Sola: Composer
- 1645Andreas Werkmeister: Composer
- 1693Christoph Forster: Composer
- 1699Christian VI: King of Denmark / Norway
- 1726Jacques Aliamet: French etcher / engraver
- 1753Johann Baptist Schenk: Composer
- 1764Franz Xaver Gerl: Composer
- 1796Johann Carl Gottfried Loewe: Composer
- 1809Thomas Molleson Mudie: Composer
- 1810Oliver Fisher Winchester: Rifle maker (Winchester)
- 1813Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan: Composer
- 1813Hermann Kurz: German author / poet
- 1817Theodor Mommsen: Historian / author (Imperial Lives, Nobel 1902)
- 1821Gustavus Woodson Smith: Confederate States Secretary of War, died in 1896
- 1826George Washington Deitzler: Brigadier General (Union volunteers)
- 1827Constantine P Pobedonostsev: Russian reactionary lawyer / senator
- 1827Ernest H Baillon: French Botanist (History of Plants)
- 1828Jedediah Hotchkiss: Engineer (Confederate Army), died in 1899
- 1847August Friedrich Martin Klughardt: Composer
- 1855Marie WF Treub: Dutch economist / Minister of Agriculture / Finance
Died on November 30
- 1016Edmund II: Ironsides, King of Saxons (1016), dies at 27
- 1519Michael Wolgemut: German Painter (Weltchronik), dies at about 85
- 1528Great Wierd: Dutch Gelderland army commander, beheaded
- 1631Rabbi Samuel Eliezer ben Judah ha-levi Edels
- 1646John C Lichthart: Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45
- 1678Andries de Graeff: Mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71), dies at 67
- 1679Pieter van Schooten: Dutch Mathematician / fort architect, dies at 45
- 1694Marcello Malpighi: Father of microscopic anatomy
- 1700Artus II Quellinus [Quellien / "the Young]: Flemish sculptor, dies at 75
- 1703Nicolas de Grigny: Composer, dies at 31
- 1764Dieudonne Raick: Composer, dies at 61
- 1777Jean-Marie Leclair: Composer, dies at 74
- 1792Ernst William Wolf: Composer, dies at 57
- 1798Friedrich Fleischmann: Composer, dies at 32
- 1813Friedrich August Baumbach: Composer, dies at 60
- 1824Johann Georg Christoph Schetky: Composer, dies at 87
- 1830Pius VIII [Francesco S Castiglioni]: Ital Pope (1829-30), dies at 69
- 1841Charles Louis W J van Keverberg: Dutch government official, dies at 73
- 1864Hiram Bronson Granbury: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 33
- 1864John Adams: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at about 39
- 1864Otto French Strahl: US Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 33
- 1864Patrick Ronayne Cleburne: Confederate Brigadier General, dies in battle at 33
- 1893Jacobus J Backer: German sea historian, dies at 68
- 1897Abraham C Wertheim: Dutch banker / MP (Lib), dies at 64
- 1900Oscar Wilde: Irish author, dies in Paris at 46
- 1901Edward J Eyre: British explorer / Governor (Jamaica), dies at 86
- 1904Aldine Sillman Kieffer: Composer, dies at 64
- 1931John Hyatt Brewer: Composer, dies at 75
- 1931Marc-Jean-Baptiste Delmas: Composer, dies at 46
- 1935Fernando A N Pessoa: Portuguese Poet (Book of Disquiet), dies at 47
Events on Dec 1
- 0772Pope Adrian I elected
- 1167Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League
- 1566Spanish King Philip II names Fernando Alvarez, Duke of Alva
- 1626Pasha Muhammad ibn Farukh tyrannical gov of Jerusalem, driven out
- 1640Portugal regains independence after 60 years of Spanish rule
- 1641Mass becomes 1st colony to give statutory recognition to slavery
- 1653An athlete from Croydon is reported to have run 20 miles from St. Albans to London in less than 90 minutes
- 1656Germany promises Poland aid against Sweden
- 1708Great Alliance occupies Brussels
- 1742Empress Elisabeth orders expulsion of all Jews from Russia
- 17501st American school to offer manual training courses opens - Maryland
- 1783J van North launches unmanned balloon
- 1821Santo Domingo (Dominican Rep) proclaims independence from Spain
- 1822Dom Pedro crowned Emperor of Brazil
- 1822Franz Liszts (11) debut as pianist Isabella Colbran
- 1824House of Reps begins to end election deadlock between JQ Adams
- 1824Jackson, WH Crawford and H Clay Adams eventually declared President
- 1831Erie Canal closes for entire month due to cold weather
- 1835Hans Christian Andersen published his 1st book of fairy tales
- 18431st chartered mutual life insurance company opens
- 1852Telegraph company opens throughout Netherlands
- 1864Raid at Stoneman: Knoxville, TN to Saltville, Virginia
- 1864Skirmish at Millen Brutal, Georgia
- 1868John D Rockefeller begins anti oil war
- 18781st White House telephone installed
- 1887Sherlock Holmes 1st appears in print: "Study in Scarlet"
- 1891James Naismith creates the game of basketball
- 18961st certified public accountants receive certificates (NY)
- 1900South African President Paul Kruger visits Flanders
- 1903"The Great Train Robbery, " the 1st Western film, released
Born on Dec 1
- 1549Johan van der Veeken: Merchant / co-founder (VOC)
- 1566Philip: Earl of Nassau-Dillenburg, Governor of Ft Gorinchem / Nijmegen
- 1573Philippus Rovenius [Rouveen]: Apostile vicar
- 1605Juan de Padilla: Composer
- 1634John-Erasmus Quellinus [Quellien]: Flemish painter
- 1671Francesco Stradivari: Italian violin maker / Son of Antonius
- 1709Franz Xaver Richter: Composer
- 1712Bernhard Christian Weber: Composer
- 1722A L Karschin: Writer
- 1724Charles Theodoor: Elector (Palts & Bayern)
- 1724Dismas Hatas: Composer
- 1726Eggert Olafsson: Icelandic writer
- 1726Oliver Wolcott: US judge / signer (Declaration of Independence)
- 1729Giuseppe Sarti: Composer
- 1779Pyotr Ivanovich Turchaninov: Composer
- 1781Charles Philippe Lafont: Composer
- 1784Francois Henri Joseph Castil-Blaze: Composer
- 1787Pavel Ivanovich Dulgorukov: Composer
- 1792Lobachevsky: Mathematician
- 1810Joseph Gungl: Composer
- 1814August Rockel: Composer
- 1823Ernest Reyer: Composer
- 1826William Mahone: Major General (Confederate Army), died in 1895
- 1832Archibald Gracie, Jr.: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
- 1835Micah Jenkins: Brigadier General (Confederate Army), died in 1864
- 1844Alexandra: Danish Princess / Queen of Great Britain / Ireland
- 1844Alfred Cellier: Composer
- 1847Agathe Grondahl: Composer
- 1850Peter Erasmus Lange-Muller: Composer
- 1873Charles JM Ruys de Beerenbrouck: Premier of the Netherlands (1918-25, 29-33)
Died on Dec 1
- 0660Eligius / Eloy: French Bishop of Tournay-Noyon / saint
- 1135Henry I Beauclerc: King of England (1st King that could read)
- 1374Magnus Eriksson: King of Norway / Sweden
- 1417Walraven I van Brederode: Viceroy of Holland
- 1455Lorenzo Ghiberti: Italian sculptor, dies at 77
- 1530Margaretha of Austria: Governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51
- 1580Edmund Campion: English Jesuit, hanged at 42
- 1580Giovanni Morone: Italian Theologian / diplomat / cardinal, dies at 71
- 1623Thomas Weelkes: Composer, dies at 47
- 1633Isabella of Austria: Infante of Spain / Governess in Holland, dies at 67
- 1635Melchior Teschner: Composer, dies at 51
- 1651Cristobal de Isla Diego: Composer, dies at 65
- 1700Willem ten Rhijne: Dutch Physician in Batavia, dies at about 53
- 1707Jeremiah Clarke: Composer
- 1709A Sancta Clara: Writer
- 1709Abraham a Santa Clara [Johann Megerle]: German court vicar, dies at 65
- 1727Johann Heinrich Buttstett: Composer, dies at 61
- 1729Christian Ludwig Boxberg: Composer, dies at 59
- 1736Simon van Slingelandt: Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
- 1750Doppelmayr: Mathematician
- 1755Maurice Greene: Composer, dies at 59
- 1797Oliver Wolcott: US judge / signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 71
- 1808Anton Fischer: Composer, dies at 30
- 1813Ferdinando Bertoni: Composer, dies at 88
- 1817Justin Heinrich Knechtl: Composer, dies at 65
- 1825Aleksandr I P Romanov: Czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47
- 1842Philip Spencer: 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
- 1865Constant van Crombrugghe: Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76
- 1887Albertus J Duymaer van Twist: Governor-General of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78
- 1892Joseph Lippens: Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered