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01/29/0969
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Peter, tsar of Bulgaria (927-69), dies
Type: Death
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01/29/1523
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Sermon of Constanz: Zwingli defends 67 Schlussreden
Type: Event
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01/29/1559
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Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52
Type: Death
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01/29/1574
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Sea battle of Reimerswaal - Admiral Boisot beats Spanish fleet
Type: Event
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01/29/1584
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Frederik Hendrik, count of Nassau/Prince of Orange
Type: Birth
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01/29/1587
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Deventer and Zutphen surrender to Spain
Type: Event
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01/29/1613
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Galileo observes Neptune but fails to recognize what he sees
Type: Event
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01/29/1663
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Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies
Type: Death
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01/29/1676
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Fjodor Aleksejevitsj becomes czar of Russia
Type: Event
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01/29/1688
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Emmanuel Swedenborg, Sweden, religious leader (Angelic Wisdom)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1689
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Hubert K Poot, Dutch poet
Type: Birth
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01/29/1696
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Ivan V, co-tsar of Russia (1682-89), dies
Type: Death
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01/29/1700
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Daniel Bernoulli, Basel Switz, mathematician (10 time French award)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1703
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Carlmann Kolb, composer
Type: Birth
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01/29/1711
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Giuseppi Bonno, composer
Type: Birth
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01/29/1715
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Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian (court)composer/pianist
Type: Birth
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01/29/1717
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Jeffrey Amherst, English gov-gen of America/fieldmarshal
Type: Birth
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01/29/1728
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John Gays' "Beggar's Opera," premieres in London [NS=Feb 9]
Type: Event
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01/29/1732
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Paris churchyard Saint-M‚dard closed after Jansenistic ritual
Type: Event
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01/29/1737
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Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1743
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Andr‚ Hercule Fleury, French cardinal (1726-43), dies
Type: Death
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01/29/1756
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Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee, (Rep/Gov-Va)/general
Type: Birth
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01/29/1761
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Abraham AA "Albert" Gallatin, Switz, US minister of Finance (1801-14)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1763
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J G Seume, writer
Type: Birth
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01/29/1781
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Mozart's opera "Idomeneo" premieres, Munich
Type: Event
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01/29/1782
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Frantiszek Tucek Scigalski, composer
Type: Birth
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01/29/1782
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Daniel-Fran‡ois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer (Fra Diavolo)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1783
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Vasili A Zjukovski, Russian folk poet/translator (Homerus) [NS=Feb 9]
Type: Birth
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01/29/1784
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Ferdinand Ries, composer
Type: Birth
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01/29/1788
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Australia Day
Type: Event
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01/29/1798
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Henry Neele, London, poet
Type: Birth
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01/29/1801
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Johannes Bernardus van Bree, Dutch violinist/composer (Felix Meritis)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1802
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John Beckley of Virginia appointed 1st Librarian of Congress
Type: Event
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01/29/1803
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James Outram, Bulterley Hall Derbyshire, general
Type: Birth
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01/29/1810
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Earnest E Kummer, German mathematician
Type: Birth
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01/29/1814
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Johann G Fichte, German philosopher (Wissenschaftslehre), dies at 51
Type: Death
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01/29/1820
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George III, king of Great-Britain (1760-1820), dies at 81
Type: Death
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01/29/1821
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Isaac Ferdinand Quinby, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1891
Type: Birth
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01/29/1823
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Franklin Gardner, Major General (Confederate Army)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1824
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Karl von Perfall, composer
Type: Birth
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01/29/1824
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Louise MC countess of Albany, Henegouws salon owner, dies at 71
Type: Death
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01/29/1834
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Pres Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute
Type: Event
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01/29/1836
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Benjamin Franklin Potts, Bvt Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1887
Type: Birth
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01/29/1836
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James Meech Warner, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1897
Type: Birth
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01/29/1837
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Aleksandr Pushkin, poet/novelist (Golden Cockeral), killed in a duel
Type: Death
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01/29/1839
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Charles Darwin marries Emma Wedgwood
Type: Event
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01/29/1843
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William McKinley, Niles Ohio, (R) 25th pres (1897-1901)
Type: Birth
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01/29/1845
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Edgar Allen Poe's "Raven" 1st published (NYC)
Type: Event
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01/29/1848
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Sicily accepts new Constitution (choose parliament/freedom of press)
Type: Event
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01/29/1850
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Lawrence Hargrave, inventor (box kite)
Type: Birth
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