January 29rd All Events |
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| January 29th, 2008 (January 29 2008) | Death | Raymond Jacobs, American soldier (born in 1925) | |
| January 29th, 2008 (January 29 2008) | Death | Philippe Khorsand, French actor (born in 1948) | |
| January 29th, 2007 (January 29 2007) | Death | Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (born in 2003) | |
| January 29th, 2007 (January 29 2007) | Death | Dia Abdul Zahra Kadim, Iraqi extremist leader (born in 1970) | |
| January 29th, 2005 (January 29 2005) | Event | The first direct commercial flights from the mainland China (from Guangzhou) to Taiwan since 1949 arrived in Taipei. Shortly afterwards, a China Airlines carrier landed in Beijing. | |
| January 29th, 2005 (January 29 2005) | Death | Eric Griffiths, Welsh guitarist (The Quarrymen) (born in 1940) | |
| January 29th, 2005 (January 29 2005) | Death | Ephraim Kishon, Israeli satirst (born in 1924) | |
| January 29th, 2004 (January 29 2004) | Death | M. M. Kaye, British writer (born in 1908) | |
| January 29th, 2004 (January 29 2004) | Death | Janet Frame, New Zealand writer (born in 1924) | |
| January 29th, 2003 (January 29 2003) | Death | Frank Moss, American politician (born in 1911) | |
| January 29th, 2002 (January 29 2002) | Event | In his State of the Union Address, United States President George W. Bush describes "regimes that sponsor terror" as an Axis of Evil, in which he includes Iraq, Iran and North Korea. | George W. Bush Quotes |
| January 29th, 2002 (January 29 2002) | Death | Dick "Night Train" Lane, American football player (born in 1928) | |
| January 29th, 2002 (January 29 2002) | Death | Harold Russell, Canadian-born actor (born in 1914) | |
| January 29th, 2001 (January 29 2001) | Event | Thousands of student protesters in Indonesia storm parliament and demand that President Abdurrahman Wahid resign due to alleged involvement in corruption scandals. | |
| January 29th, 1999 (January 29 1999) | Death | Lili St. Cyr, American dancer (born in 1918) | |
| January 29th, 1998 (January 29 1998) | Event | In Birmingham, Alabama, a bomb explodes at an abortion clinic, killing one and severely wounding another. Serial bomber Eric Robert Rudolph is suspected as the culprit. | |
| January 29th, 1998 (January 29 1998) | Death | Joseph Alioto, mayor of San Francisco (born in 1916) | |
| January 29th, 1996 (January 29 1996) | Event | President Jacques Chirac announces a "definitive end" to French nuclear testing. | |
| January 29th, 1996 (January 29 1996) | Event | La Fenice, Venice s opera house, is destroyed by fire. | |
| January 29th, 1996 (January 29 1996) | Birth | Megan Jossa, English actress | |
| January 29th, 1994 (January 29 1994) | Death | Ulrike Maier, Austrian alpine skier (born in 1967) | |
| January 29th, 1993 (January 29 1993) | Birth | Michelle Larcher De Brito, Portuguese tennis player | |
| January 29th, 1993 (January 29 1993) | Death | Ron Kostelnik, American football player (born in 1940) | |
| January 29th, 1992 (January 29 1992) | Death | Willie Dixon, American composer and musician (born in 1915) | |
| January 29th, 1991 (January 29 1991) | Birth | Hugh Grosvenor, Earl Grosvenor, Son of the Duke of Westminster | |
| January 29th, 1991 (January 29 1991) | Death | Yasushi Inoue, Japanese historian (born in 1907) | |
| January 29th, 1989 (January 29 1989) | Event | Hungary establishes diplomatic relations with South Korea, making them the first Eastern Bloc nation to do so | |
| January 29th, 1989 (January 29 1989) | Death | Halina Konopacka, Polish athlete (born in 1900) | |
| January 29th, 1988 (January 29 1988) | Birth | Stephanie Gilmore, Australian professional surfer | |
| January 29th, 1987 (January 29 1987) | Birth | Spencer Clark, American race car driver (died in 2006) | |
| January 29th, 1987 (January 29 1987) | Birth | Matthew Wilson, English world rally driver | |
| January 29th, 1986 (January 29 1986) | Birth | Drew Tyler Bell, American actor | |
| January 29th, 1986 (January 29 1986) | Birth | Mark Howard, English football player | |
| January 29th, 1986 (January 29 1986) | Birth | Simon Vukcevic, Montenegrin football player | |
| January 29th, 1986 (January 29 1986) | Birth | Chris Bourque, American pro hockey player | |
| January 29th, 1986 (January 29 1986) | Death | Leif Erickson, American actor (born in 1911) | |
| January 29th, 1985 (January 29 1985) | Birth | Athina Onassis, French heiress | |
| January 29th, 1985 (January 29 1985) | Birth | Marc Gasol, Spanish basketball player | |
| January 29th, 1983 (January 29 1983) | Birth | Nedzad Sinanovic, Bosnian basketball player | |
| January 29th, 1982 (January 29 1982) | Birth | Heidi Mueller, American actress | |
| January 29th, 1981 (January 29 1981) | Birth | Jonny Lang, American musician | |
| January 29th, 1981 (January 29 1981) | Birth | Alex Ubago, Spanish musician | |
| January 29th, 1981 (January 29 1981) | Birth | Dario Lopilato, Argentine actor | |
| January 29th, 1980 (January 29 1980) | Birth | Yael Bar-Zohar, Israeli actress and model | |
| January 29th, 1980 (January 29 1980) | Birth | Ivan Klasnic, Croatian football player | |
| January 29th, 1980 (January 29 1980) | Death | Jimmy Durante, American actor and comedian (born in 1893) | Jimmy Durante Quotes |
| January 29th, 1979 (January 29 1979) | Event | Brenda Ann Spencer kills 2 and injures 9 in the Cleveland Elementary School shootings, inspiring the "I don t Like Mondays" song by Boomtown Rats. | |
| January 29th, 1979 (January 29 1979) | Birth | April Scott, American actress and model | |
| January 29th, 1979 (January 29 1979) | Birth | Joseph Todd, Arena Football League player | |
| January 29th, 1979 (January 29 1979) | Birth | Sui Feifei, Chinese basketball player | |
| January 29th, 1978 (January 29 1978) | Event | Sweden outlaws aerosol sprays due to their harmful effect on the ozone layer, becoming the first nation to enact such a ban. | |
| January 29th, 1978 (January 29 1978) | Birth | Martin Schmitt, German ski jumper | |
| January 29th, 1978 (January 29 1978) | Birth | Rob Bironas, American football player | |
| January 29th, 1977 (January 29 1977) | Birth | Justin Hartley, American actor | |
| January 29th, 1977 (January 29 1977) | Death | Buster Nupen, South African cricketer (born in 1902) | |
| January 29th, 1977 (January 29 1977) | Death | Freddie Prinze, American actor and comedian (born in 1954) | |
| January 29th, 1976 (January 29 1976) | Birth | Charles Divins, American model and actor | |
| January 29th, 1975 (January 29 1975) | Birth | Sara Gilbert, American actress | |
| January 29th, 1973 (January 29 1973) | Birth | Jason Schmidt, American baseball player | |
| January 29th, 1970 (January 29 1970) | Birth | Heather Graham, American actress | |
| January 29th, 1970 (January 29 1970) | Birth | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, Indian shooter | |
| January 29th, 1970 (January 29 1970) | Birth | Jorg Hoffmann, German swimmer | |
| January 29th, 1970 (January 29 1970) | Death | Basil Liddell Hart, British historian (born in 1895) | |
| January 29th, 1969 (January 29 1969) | Birth | Hyde, Japanese singer | |
| January 29th, 1969 (January 29 1969) | Death | Allen Dulles, American CIA director (born in 1893) | |
| January 29th, 1968 (January 29 1968) | Birth | Edward Burns, American actor | Edward Burns Quotes |
| January 29th, 1968 (January 29 1968) | Birth | Susi Erdmann, German bobsledder and luger | |
| January 29th, 1968 (January 29 1968) | Birth | Sora Jung, Korean actress | |
| January 29th, 1967 (January 29 1967) | Birth | Cyril Suk, Czech tennis player | |
| January 29th, 1967 (January 29 1967) | Birth | Stacey King, American basketball player | |
| January 29th, 1966 (January 29 1966) | Event | The first of 608 performances of Sweet Charity opens at the Palace Theatre, New York. | |
| January 29th, 1966 (January 29 1966) | Birth | Romario, Brazilian footballer | |
| January 29th, 1966 (January 29 1966) | Death | Pierre Mercure, French Canadian composer (born in 1927) | |
| January 29th, 1965 (January 29 1965) | Birth | Dominik Hasek, Czech ice hockey player | |
| January 29th, 1965 (January 29 1965) | Birth | Peter Lundgren, Swedish tennis coach | |
| January 29th, 1964 (January 29 1964) | Birth | Andre Reed, American football player | |
| January 29th, 1964 (January 29 1964) | Birth | John Habyan, American baseball player | |
| January 29th, 1964 (January 29 1964) | Birth | Roddy Frame, Scottish singer (Aztec Camera) | |
| January 29th, 1964 (January 29 1964) | Birth | Anna Ryder Richardson, British interior designer and television presenter | |
| January 29th, 1964 (January 29 1964) | Death | Alan Ladd, American actor (born in 1913) | |
| January 29th, 1963 (January 29 1963) | Event | First inductees into the Pro Football Hall of Fame are announced. | |
| January 29th, 1963 (January 29 1963) | Birth | Bob Holly, American professional wrestler | |
| January 29th, 1963 (January 29 1963) | Death | Robert Frost, American poet (born in 1874) | Robert Frost Quotes |
| January 29th, 1962 (January 29 1962) | Birth | Nicholas Turturro, American actor | |
| January 29th, 1962 (January 29 1962) | Death | Fritz Kreisler, Austrian violinist (born in 1875) | |
| January 29th, 1960 (January 29 1960) | Birth | Matthew Ashford, American actor | |
| January 29th, 1960 (January 29 1960) | Birth | Gia Carangi, American model (died in 1986) | |
| January 29th, 1960 (January 29 1960) | Birth | Sean Kerly, English field hockey player | |
| January 29th, 1960 (January 29 1960) | Birth | Greg Louganis, American diver | |
| January 29th, 1960 (January 29 1960) | Birth | Steve Sax, American baseball player | |
| January 29th, 1960 (January 29 1960) | Birth | J. G. Thirlwell, Australian-born musician | |
| January 29th, 1959 (January 29 1959) | Event | Sleeping Beauty, an animated feature produced by Walt Disney based upon a fairy tale, is released. | Walt Disney Quotes |
| January 29th, 1957 (January 29 1957) | Birth | Grazyna Miller, Italian poet, translator, and journalist | |
| January 29th, 1956 (January 29 1956) | Death | H. L. Mencken, American journalist (born in 1880) | H. L. Mencken Quotes |
| January 29th, 1955 (January 29 1955) | Birth | Eddie Jordan, American basketball player and head coach | |
| January 29th, 1955 (January 29 1955) | Birth | Lynne McGranger, Australian actress | |
| January 29th, 1954 (January 29 1954) | Birth | Richard Manitoba, American singer (The Dictators and MC5) | |
| January 29th, 1954 (January 29 1954) | Birth | Terry Kinney, American actor | |
| January 29th, 1954 (January 29 1954) | Birth | Oprah Winfrey, American talk show host and actress | Oprah Winfrey Quotes |
| January 29th, 1954 (January 29 1954) | Birth | Doug Risebrough, Canadian ice hockey player, coach and executive | |
| January 29th, 1953 (January 29 1953) | Birth | Paulin Bordeleau, Quebec ice hockey player | |
| January 29th, 1953 (January 29 1953) | Birth | Hwang Woo-Suk, South Korean biomedical scientist | An Wang Quotes |
| January 29th, 1953 (January 29 1953) | Birth | Teresa Teng, Taiwanese singer (died in 1995) | |
| January 29th, 1953 (January 29 1953) | Birth | Lynne McGranger, Australian actress | |
| January 29th, 1952 (January 29 1952) | Birth | Tommy Ramone, Hungarian-born musician and record producer (The Ramones) | |
| January 29th, 1951 (January 29 1951) | Birth | Andy Roberts, West Indian cricketer | |
| January 29th, 1951 (January 29 1951) | Death | Frank Tarrant, Australian cricketer (born in 1880) | |
| January 29th, 1950 (January 29 1950) | Birth | Ann Jillian, American actress | |
| January 29th, 1950 (January 29 1950) | Birth | Jody Scheckter, South African race car driver | |
| January 29th, 1950 (January 29 1950) | Death | Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (born in 1885) | |
| January 29th, 1948 (January 29 1948) | Birth | Cristina Saralegui, American talk-show host | |
| January 29th, 1948 (January 29 1948) | Birth | Marc Singer, Canadian-born actor | |
| January 29th, 1948 (January 29 1948) | Birth | Pat Kenny, Irish TV presenter & radio host | |
| January 29th, 1948 (January 29 1948) | Death | Tomislav II of Croatia, 4th Duke of Aosta, Italian aristocrat (born in 1900) | |
| January 29th, 1947 (January 29 1947) | Birth | Linda B. Buck, American scientist, Nobel laureate | |
| January 29th, 1947 (January 29 1947) | Birth | David Byron, English singer (Uriah Heep) (died in 1985) | |
| January 29th, 1947 (January 29 1947) | Birth | Marian Varga, Slovak musician | |
| January 29th, 1946 (January 29 1946) | Death | Harry Hopkins, 8th United States Secretary of Commerce (born in 1890) | |
| January 29th, 1945 (January 29 1945) | Birth | Jim Nicholson, Irish politician | |
| January 29th, 1945 (January 29 1945) | Birth | Tom Selleck, American actor | |
| January 29th, 1944 (January 29 1944) | Event | USS Missouri the last battleship commissioned by the US Navy is launched. | |
| January 29th, 1944 (January 29 1944) | Event | World War II: The Battle of Cisterna takes place in central Italy. | |
| January 29th, 1944 (January 29 1944) | Event | World War II: About 38 men, women, and children die in the Koniuchy massacre in Poland. | |
| January 29th, 1944 (January 29 1944) | Event | In Bologna, Italy, the Anatomical Theatre of the Archiginnasio is destroyed in an air-raid bombing | |
| January 29th, 1944 (January 29 1944) | Birth | Yoweri Museveni, President of Uganda | |
| January 29th, 1943 (January 29 1943) | Event | The first day of the Battle of Rennell Island, U.S. cruiser Chicago is torpedoed and heavily damaged by Japanese bombers. | |
| January 29th, 1942 (January 29 1942) | Birth | Claudine Longet, French singer, dancer and convicted murderer | |
| January 29th, 1941 (January 29 1941) | Birth | Robin Morgan, American feminist and activist | |
| January 29th, 1941 (January 29 1941) | Death | Ioannis Metaxas, Greek general and dictator (born in 1871) | |
| January 29th, 1940 (January 29 1940) | Event | Three gasoline multiple units carrying factory workers crash and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi station, Yumesaki Line (Nishinari Line), Osaka, Japan, killing at least 181 people and injuring at least 92. | Saki Quotes |
| January 29th, 1940 (January 29 1940) | Birth | Katharine Ross, American actress | |
| January 29th, 1940 (January 29 1940) | Birth | Kunimitsu Takahashi, Japanese motorcycle racer and racing driver | |
| January 29th, 1939 (January 29 1939) | Birth | Germaine Greer, Australian writer | Germaine Greer Quotes |
| January 29th, 1936 (January 29 1936) | Event | The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. | |
| January 29th, 1936 (January 29 1936) | Birth | James Jamerson, American bass guitarist for Motown Records (died in 1983) | |
| January 29th, 1934 (January 29 1934) | Death | Fritz Haber, German chemist, Nobel Laureate (born in 1868) | |
| January 29th, 1933 (January 29 1933) | Birth | Sacha Distel, French singer and guitarist (died in 2004) | |
| January 29th, 1933 (January 29 1933) | Birth | Ron Townson, American singer (The 5th Dimension) (died in 2001) | |
| January 29th, 1933 (January 29 1933) | Death | Sara Teasdale, American poet (born in 1884) | Sara Teasdale Quotes |
| January 29th, 1932 (January 29 1932) | Birth | Tommy Taylor, English footballer (died in 1958) | |
| January 29th, 1932 (January 29 1932) | Birth | George Allen, English footballer | |
| January 29th, 1930 (January 29 1930) | Birth | Derek Bailey, English guitar virtuoso (died in 2005) | |
| January 29th, 1930 (January 29 1930) | Birth | John Junkin, English radio, television and film performer (died in 2006) | |
| January 29th, 1929 (January 29 1929) | Birth | Gordon Solie, American professional wrestling announcer (died in 2000) | |
| January 29th, 1928 (January 29 1928) | Birth | Lee Shau Kee, Hong Kong property developer | |
| January 29th, 1928 (January 29 1928) | Death | Douglas Haig, British soldier (born in 1861) | |
| January 29th, 1927 (January 29 1927) | Birth | Edward Abbey, American author and environmentalist (died in 1989) | Edward Abbey Quotes |
| January 29th, 1926 (January 29 1926) | Birth | Franco Cerri, Italian musician | |
| January 29th, 1926 (January 29 1926) | Birth | Abdus Salam, Pakistani physicist, Nobel laureate (died in 1996) | |
| January 29th, 1924 (January 29 1924) | Birth | Luigi Nono, Italian composer (died in 1990) | |
| January 29th, 1924 (January 29 1924) | Birth | Marcelle Ferron, Quebec painter and stained glass artist (died in 2001) | Marcelle Ferron Quotes |
| January 29th, 1924 (January 29 1924) | Birth | Peter Voulkos, American artist (died in 2002) | |
| January 29th, 1923 (January 29 1923) | Birth | Paddy Chayefsky, American writer (died in 1981) | |
| January 29th, 1923 (January 29 1923) | Birth | Ivo Robic, Croatian singer and songwriter (died in 2000) | |
| January 29th, 1922 (January 29 1922) | Birth | Gerda Steinhoff, Nazi concetration camp supervisor (died in 1946) | |
| January 29th, 1921 (January 29 1921) | Birth | Anthony George, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| January 29th, 1920 (January 29 1920) | Birth | Jose Luis de Villalonga, Spanish aristocrat (died in 2007) | |
| January 29th, 1918 (January 29 1918) | Birth | John Forsythe, American actor | |
| January 29th, 1918 (January 29 1918) | Death | Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin, Russian-counter revolutionary (born in 1861) | |
| January 29th, 1916 (January 29 1916) | Event | World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins. | |
| January 29th, 1915 (January 29 1915) | Birth | John Serry, Sr., American musician and arranger (died in 2003) | |
| January 29th, 1913 (January 29 1913) | Birth | Victor Mature, American actor (died in 1999) | |
| January 29th, 1913 (January 29 1913) | Birth | Daniel Taradash, American screenwriter (died in 2003) | |
| January 29th, 1913 (January 29 1913) | Birth | Peter von Zahn, German journalist and writer (died in 2001) | |
| January 29th, 1911 (January 29 1911) | Birth | Peter von Siemens, German industrialist (died in 1986) | |
| January 29th, 1910 (January 29 1910) | Birth | Colin Middleton, Irish artist (died in 1983) | |
| January 29th, 1906 (January 29 1906) | Death | King Christian IX of Denmark (born in 1818) | |
| January 29th, 1905 (January 29 1905) | Birth | Barnett Newman, American painter (died in 1970) | |
| January 29th, 1901 (January 29 1901) | Birth | Allen B. DuMont, American scientist and inventor (died in 1965) | |
| January 29th, 1901 (January 29 1901) | Death | Milan I, King of Serbia (born in 1855) | |
| January 29th, 1900 (January 29 1900) | Event | The American League is organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with 8 founding teams. | |
| January 29th, 1899 (January 29 1899) | Death | Alfred Sisley, British impressionist painter (born in 1839) | |
| January 29th, 1895 (January 29 1895) | Birth | Muna Lee, American poet (died in 1965) | |
| January 29th, 1891 (January 29 1891) | Event | Liliuokalani is proclaimed Queen of Hawaii, its last monarch. | |
| January 29th, 1891 (January 29 1891) | Birth | Elizaveta Gerdt, Russian ballerina (died in 1975) | |
| January 29th, 1891 (January 29 1891) | Birth | R. Norris Williams, American survivor of the RMS Titanic sinking (died in 1968) | William King Quotes |
| January 29th, 1886 (January 29 1886) | Event | Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. | |
| January 29th, 1880 (January 29 1880) | Birth | W.C. Fields, American actor (died in 1946) | |
| January 29th, 1877 (January 29 1877) | Birth | Georges Catroux, French general (died in 1969) | |
| January 29th, 1876 (January 29 1876) | Birth | Havergal Brian, British composer (died in 1972) | |
| January 29th, 1874 (January 29 1874) | Birth | John D. Rockefeller Jr., American entrepreneur (died in 1960) | John D. Rockefeller Quotes |
| January 29th, 1871 (January 29 1871) | Death | Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspe, French Canadian writer and Seigneur (born in 1786) | |
| January 29th, 1870 (January 29 1870) | Death | Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany (born in 1797) | |
| January 29th, 1867 (January 29 1867) | Birth | Vicente Blasco Ibanez, Spanish writer (died in 1928) | |
| January 29th, 1866 (January 29 1866) | Birth | Romain Rolland, French writer, Nobel Laureate (died in 1944) | Romain Rolland Quotes |
| January 29th, 1863 (January 29 1863) | Event | Bear River Massacre. | |
| January 29th, 1862 (January 29 1862) | Birth | Frederick Delius, English composer (died in 1934) | |
| January 29th, 1861 (January 29 1861) | Event | Kansas admitted as the 34th U.S. state. | |
| January 29th, 1860 (January 29 1860) | Birth | Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (died in 1904) | |
| January 29th, 1856 (January 29 1856) | Event | Queen Victoria institutes the Victoria Cross. | |
| January 29th, 1850 (January 29 1850) | Event | Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. | Henry Clay Quotes |
| January 29th, 1846 (January 29 1846) | Birth | Karol Olszewski, Polish scientist (died in 1915) | |
| January 29th, 1845 (January 29 1845) | Event | "The Raven" by Edgar Allan Poe is published in the New York Evening Mirror. | Edgar Allan Poe Quotes |
| January 29th, 1843 (January 29 1843) | Birth | William McKinley, 25th President of the United States (died in 1901) | William McKinley Quotes |
| January 29th, 1834 (January 29 1834) | Event | US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute. | Andrew Jackson Quotes |
| January 29th, 1829 (January 29 1829) | Death | Paul Francois Jean Nicolas Barras, French politician (born in 1755) | |
| January 29th, 1820 (January 29 1820) | Death | King George III of the United Kingdom (born in 1738) | George III of the United Kingdom Quotes |
| January 29th, 1814 (January 29 1814) | Event | France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. | |
| January 29th, 1810 (January 29 1810) | Birth | Ernst Kummer, German mathematician (died in 1893) | |
| January 29th, 1801 (January 29 1801) | Birth | Horatia Nelson, daughter of Emma Hamilton and Horatio Nelson (died in 1881) | Horatio Nelson Quotes |
| January 29th, 1782 (January 29 1782) | Birth | Daniel Auber, French composer (died in 1871) | |
| January 29th, 1763 (January 29 1763) | Death | Louis Racine, French poet (born in 1692) | |
| January 29th, 1761 (January 29 1761) | Birth | Albert Gallatin, Swiss-American United States Secretary of the Treasury | |
| January 29th, 1756 (January 29 1756) | Birth | Henry Lee III, American General | |
| January 29th, 1754 (January 29 1754) | Birth | Moses Cleaveland, founder of Cleveland (died in 1806) | |
| January 29th, 1749 (January 29 1749) | Birth | King Christian VII of Denmark (died in 1808) | |
| January 29th, 1743 (January 29 1743) | Death | Andre-Hercule de Fleury, chief minister under Louis XV of France (born in 1653) | |
| January 29th, 1737 (January 29 1737) | Birth | Thomas Paine, English-born American patriot (died in 1809) | Thomas Paine Quotes |
| January 29th, 1737 (January 29 1737) | Death | George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier (born in 1666) | |
| January 29th, 1718 (January 29 1718) | Birth | Paul Rabaut, French Huguenot pastor (died in 1794) | |
| January 29th, 1717 (January 29 1717) | Birth | Jeffrey Amherst, British military leader (died in 1797) | |
| January 29th, 1715 (January 29 1715) | Birth | Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Austrian composer (died in 1777) | |
| January 29th, 1711 (January 29 1711) | Birth | Giuseppe Bonno, Austrian composer (died in 1788) | |
| January 29th, 1706 (January 29 1706) | Death | Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset, English poet and courtier (born in 1638) | |
| January 29th, 1696 (January 29 1696) | Death | Ivan V, Russian tsar (born in 1666) | |
| January 29th, 1688 (January 29 1688) | Birth | Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher (died in 1772) | Emanuel Swedenborg Quotes |
| January 29th, 1678 (January 29 1678) | Death | Jeronimo Lobo, Portuguese Jesuit missionary (born in 1593) | |
| January 29th, 1676 (January 29 1676) | Event | Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia. | |
| January 29th, 1676 (January 29 1676) | Death | Tsar Alexis I of Russia (born in 1629) | |
| January 29th, 1647 (January 29 1647) | Death | Francis Meres, English writer (born in 1565) | |
| January 29th, 1632 (January 29 1632) | Birth | Johann Georg Graevius, German classical scholar and critic (died in 1703) | |
| January 29th, 1608 (January 29 1608) | Death | Frederick I, Duke of Wurttemberg (born in 1557) | |
| January 29th, 1597 (January 29 1597) | Death | Elias Ammerbach, German organist (born in 1530) | |
| January 29th, 1595 (January 29 1595) | Event | William Shakespeare s play Romeo and Juliet is probably first performed. | William Shakespeare Quotes |
| January 29th, 1584 (January 29 1584) | Birth | Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange (died in 1647) | |
| January 29th, 1342 (January 29 1342) | Death | Louis I, Duke of Bourbon (born in 1279) | |
| January 29th, 1240 (January 29 1240) | Death | Pelagio Galvani, Cardinal-Bishop of Albano (born in va. 1165) | |
| January 29th, 1119 (January 29 1119) | Death | Pope Gelasius II | |
| January 29th, 0904 (January 29 0904) | Event | Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. | |
