What is January 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} ==Events== === Up to 1900 === * [[757]] &ndash; [[An Lushan]], leader of the revolt against [[China]]'s [[Tang dynasty]], is [[murder]]ed by his son [[An Qingxu]]. * [[904]] &ndash; [[Pope Sergius III]] comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed [[Antipope Christopher]]. * [[1616]] &ndash; Dutch seafarers [[Jacob Le Maire]] and [[Willem Cornelisz Schouten]] successfully sail around [[Cape Horn]] at the southern tip of [[South America]] to reach the [[Pacific Ocean]] from the [[Atlantic Ocean]]. * [[1676]] &ndash; [[Feodor III of Russia|Feodor III]] becomes Tsar of [[Russia]]. * [[1814]] &ndash; [[France]] defeats [[Russia]] and [[Prussia]] in the [[Battle of Brienne]]. * [[1819]] &ndash; [[Singapore]] is founded. * [[1834]] &ndash; [[Andrew Jackson]] orders the first use of federal [[soldier]]s to suppress a [[labour (economics)|labor]] dispute. * [[1845]] &ndash; ''[[The Raven]]'' is published in the [[New York City|New York]] Evening Mirror [[newspaper]], the first publication with the name of the [[writer]], [[Edgar Allan Poe]]. * [[1856]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] institutes the [[Victoria Cross]]. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[Kansas]] becomes the 34th [[U.S. state|state]] to join the [[United States]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces massacre 400 [[Native American]]s at Bear River, [[Idaho]]. * [[1886]] &ndash; [[Karl Benz]] patents his [[automobile]]. * [[1891]] &ndash; [[Liliuokalani]] is proclaimed [[Queen]] of [[Hawaii]]. * [[1900]] &ndash; The [[American League]] is organized in [[Philadelphia]] with eight founding teams. It later becomes [[Major League Baseball]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1907]] &ndash; [[Charles Curtis]] becomes [[United States Senator]] for [[Kansas]]. He is the first in his position known to have [[Native American]] ancestors. * [[1908]] &ndash; [[Frederick VIII of Denmark]] becomes [[King]]. * [[1916]] &ndash; [[World War I]]: [[Paris]] is first [[bomb]]ed by German [[zeppelin]]s. * [[1929]] &ndash; ''[[All Q