On this day: 29 January
Events, births and deaths on 29 January. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Events · 2025 Potomac River mid-air collision
- Deaths · Richard Williamson
- Deaths · Salwan Momika
10 years ago2016
- Deaths · Jacques Rivette
- Deaths · Jean-Marie Doré
100 years ago1926
- Births · Abdus Salam
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1119 · Deaths · Gelasius II
Events · 17
- 1814Battle of Brienne — 1814 battle during the War of the Sixth Coalition
- 1856Victoria Cross — highest military decoration awarded by the UK and the Commonwealth
- 1861Kansas — state of the United States of America
- 1863Bear River Massacre — massacre of Shoshone people by the United States Army in 1863
- 1911Capture of Mexicali — 1911 battle of the Mexican Revolution
- 1918Kyiv Arsenal January Uprising — 1918 battle
- 1943Battle of Rennell Island — 1943 last major naval engagement between the US Navy and the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Guadalcanal campaign of World War II
- 1944Koniuchy massacre — World War II incident
- 19641964 Winter Olympics — 9th edition of Winter Olympics, Innsbruck, Austria
- 1973EgyptAir Flight 741 — plane crash on approach
- 1991Battle of Khafji — 1991 battle of the Gulf War
- 2002axis of evil — group of countries identified collectively as enemies by U.S. President George W. Bush during the 2000s
- 20022002 State of the Union Address — speech by US president George W. Bush
- 2013SCAT Airlines Flight 760 — 2013 aviation incident
- 20172017 Quebec City mosque shooting — mass shooting in Quebec, Canada
- 20252025 Potomac River mid-air collision — aviation incident at Washington National Airport on January 29, 2025
- 20252025 Light Air Services Beechcraft 1900 crash — 2025 airplane crash in Unity State, South Sudan
Births · 60
- 1455(Julian date)Johann Reuchlin — German humanist and scholar of Greek and Hebrew (1455-1522)
- 1499(Julian date)Katharina von Bora — wife of Martin Luther (1499-1552)
- 1584Frederick Henry of Orange-Nassau — prince of Orange and stadtholder of Holland (1584-1647)
- 1688Emmanuel Swedenborg — Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688-1772)
- 1737(Julian date)Thomas Paine — American Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)
- 1749Christian VII of Denmark — King of Denmark and Norway (1749-1808)
- 1761Albert Gallatin — Swiss and American politician, diplomat and scholar (1761-1849)
- 1773Friedrich Mohs — German geologist and mineralogist (1773-1839)
- 1782Daniel François Esprit Auber — French composer (1782-1871)
- 1810Ernst Kummer — German mathematician (1810–1893)
- 1843William McKinley — president of the United States from 1897 to 1901 (1843-1901)
- 1853Kitasato Shibasaburō — Japanese bacteriologist, immunologist
- 1860Anton Chekhov — Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)
- 1862Frederick Delius — English composer (1862–1934)
- 1866Romain Rolland — French author (1866-1944)
- 1867Vicente Blasco Ibáñez — Spanish author (1867-1928)
- 1874John D. Rockefeller Jr. — American financier and philanthropist (1874–1960)
- 1880W. C. Fields — American comedian, actor, juggler and writer (1880–1946)
- 1888Wellington Koo — Diplomat and former President of the Republic of China
- 1888Sydney Chapman — British mathematician and geophysicist (1888–1970)
- 1892Ernst Lubitsch — German-American actor and film director (1892–1947)
- 1905Barnett Newman — American painter (1905—1970)
- 1913Victor Mature — American actor (1913–1999)
- 1918John Forsythe — American film and television actor (1918–2010)
- 1923Paddy Chayefsky — American playwright, screenwriter and novelist (1923-1981)
Deaths · 60
- 757(Julian date)AHN ROK SAN — Chinese general and emperor of Yan
- 1119(Julian date)Gelasius II — Pope from 1118 to 1119
- 1743André-Hercule de Fleury — Catholic cardinal (1653-1743)
- 1820George III of Great Britain — King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820 (1738–1820)
- 1829Paul François Jean Nicolas, vicomte de Barras — French politician (1755-1829)
- 1859William Cranch Bond — American astronomer (1789-1859)
- 1870Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany — Grand Duke of Tuscany
- 1888Edward Lear — British artist, illustrator, author and poet (1812-1888)
- 1899Alfred Sisley — French, British painter (1839–1899)
- 1906Christian IX of Denmark — King of Denmark from 1863 to 1906
- 1910Edouard Rod — French-Swiss writer (1857–1910)
- 1912Herman Bang — Danish writer (1857-1912)
- 1917Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer — British statesman, diplomat and colonial administrator (1841-1917)
- 1918Édouard Chavannes — French sinologist
- 1928Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig — British senior officer during the First World War (1861-1928)
- 1929Charles Fox Parham — American Charismatic preacher (1873–1929)
- 1933Sara Teasdale — American writer and poet (1884–1933)
- 1934Fritz Haber — German chemist and receiver of the Nobel prize (1868–1934)
- 1934Dukinfield Henry Scott — British botanist (1854-1934)
- 1941Ioannis Metaxas — Greek military officer and politician (1871–1941)
- 1944William Allen White — American newspaper editor and Progressive leader (1868–1944)
- 1946Harry Hopkins — American politician, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce, assistant to President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1890-1946)
- 1948Prince Aimone, 4th Duke of Aosta — Italian prince and navy officer (1900-1948)
- 1955Hans Hedtoft — Prime Minister of Denmark (1903–1955)
- 1956H. L. Mencken — American journalist and writer (1880–1956)
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