1790 The first boat specialized as a lifeboat was built by Henry Greathead. It was first tested on the River Tyne in North East England on January 29, 1790. The boat was made of wood, tin and cork and could still work when filled with water. It entered service in 1790 and another 31 of the same design were constructed. Greathead never took out a patent on his invention, and was always willing to share his plans with others for the public good.
1801 Horatio Nelson's mistress Lady Hamilton gave birth to the admiral's daughter Horatia, on January 29, 1801 at her husband Sir William's rented home in Clarges Street, 23 Piccadilly, London.
Nelson had no legitimate children; his illegitimate daughter, Horatia, subsequently married the Rev. Philip Ward and died in 1881.
1802 The first Burns supper celebrating Robert Burns' birthday was held in The Mother Club in Greenock on what was thought to be the Scottish bard's 43rd birthday on January 29, 1802; in 1803 it was discovered from the Ayr parish records that Burns was actually born on January 25, 1759.
1819 British official, Sir Stamford Raffles first stepped on an South East Asia island known locally as ‘Singapura’ on January 29, 1819. A week later, on February 6, 1819, he signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, which established Singapore as a trading post for the British East India Company.
1820 King George III of the United Kingdom died at Windsor Castle at 8:38 pm on January 29, 1820, six days after the death of his fourth son, the Duke of Kent. His favorite son, Frederick, Duke of York, was with him. George III lived for 81 years and 239 days and reigned for 59 years and 96 days: both his life and his reign were longer than those of any of his predecessors. Only Victoria and Elizabeth II have since lived and reigned longer.
1820 On George III's death in 1820, his son Prince George, then aged 57, ascended the throne as George IV. From 1811 until his accession, he had served as Prince Regent during his father's final mental illness.By the time of his accession, George was obese and possibly addicted to laudanum. George IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from January 29, 1820, until his own death ten years later.
1834 When workers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal rioted over working conditions in early 1834, the government of Maryland pleaded with President Andrew Jackson for federal assistance, hastily interpreting the matter as a rebellion against the state’s civil authority. He responded on January 29, 1834 by calling his secretary of war to order sufficient military resources to "put down the riotous assembly." This was America’s first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
1835 Princess Victoria was 13 when she was given a King Charles spaniel called Dash. As Victoria was raised largely isolated from other children, her pet soon became a much loved companion. The Princess spent January 29, 1835 travelling from St. Leonard's back to Kensington Palace. She wrote in her diary that "Dear Dashy was in our carriage and behaved like a darling." The first thing the newly crowned Queen Victoria did after coronation was to give her beloved pet his usual bath.
1839 Charles Darwin was a logical man. He drew up a list with columns headed "Marry" and "Not Marry," then having come down in favor of marrying , he went to visit his cousin Emma Wedgwood (see picture below) and proposed to her. On January 29. 1839, Darwin married Emma Wedgwood at Maer church in Staffordshire. Charles and Emma spent many happy years together. She did not share her husband's enthusiasm for his work and didn't pretend to find his experiments interesting.
1843 The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, Jr. was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio, the seventh child of William and Nancy (née Allison) McKinley. William McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War, beginning as a private in the Union Army. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 7, 1863 and ended the war as a brevet major.
After the war, McKinley settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton.
1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s narrative mystery poem The Raven was first published in the Evening Mirror in New York on January 29, 1845. The poem tells the story of a mysterious talking raven that visits a lover, who slowly goes insane. Its publication made Poe famous in his day, and today it is still one of the most recognized and respected poems in American literature. However, he only earned about $9 from the work.
1853 Louis Napoléon (Napoleon III) first met Eugénie de Montijo after he had become president of the Second Republic at a reception at the Elysée Palace on April 12, 1849. Her beauty immediately attracted him. They married on January 29, 1853, in a civil ceremony at the Tuileries, and a day later there was a much grander religious ceremony at Notre Dame. In 1856, Eugenie gave birth to a legitimate son and heir, Louis Napoléon, the Prince Impérial.
1856 The Victoria Cross was introduced on January 29, 1856 by Queen Victoria to honor acts of valor during the Crimean War. Struck from the metal of Russian guns captured in the Crimean War, its first recipient was John Simpson Knox, of the Scots Guards, for valor at the 1854 Battle of the Alma. Later in the campaign, a Russian cannonball tore away his left arm.
1860 Sir William Robertson was born on January 29, 1860. He was the first and so far only private to rise to the rank of Field Marshal in the British Army. He served in various capacities during his military career, including as Chief of the Imperial General Staff and as the first and only private to hold the position of Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War I.
1861 The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law in 1854, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, allowing settlers in those territories to determine if they would permit slavery within their boundaries. With the passage of the act, thousands of pro- and anti-slavery supporters flooded Kansas. The abolitionists eventually prevailed and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state.
1862 The composer Frederick Delius was born on January 29, 1862 in Bradford, West Yorkshire of German-Scandinavian descent. He was baptized as "Fritz Theodore Albert Delius," and used the forename Fritz until he was about 40. Delius followed a commercial career until he was 20, when he went to Florida as an orange planter, studying music in his spare time. He entered Leipzig Conservatory in 1886, and became a friend of the composer Edvard Grieg. After 1890 he composed prolifically.
1878 American George Henry Lester was the first person to patent the idea the idea of a glass container for milk, which he did with his Lester Milk Jar on January 29, 1878. The bottle had a lid which was held in place as a screw cap.
1886 German engineer Karl Benz (1844-1929) developed a two-stroke engine in the late 1870s. In 1885 he fitted his lightweight petrol engine to a three-wheeled carriage to pioneer the motor car. On January 29, 1886 Karl Benz received the patent for his "horseless carriage" - the first car with an internal combustion engine.
1907 Charles Curtis of the Kaw tribe in Kansas became the first Native American U.S. Senator on January 29, 1907. He served in the Senate for 15 years, from 1907 to 1913 and from 1915 to 1929. Curtis was later the first US Native American Vice President between 1929-1933.
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| Mr Henry Greathead's Life Boat going out to assist a Ship in distress, 1803 |
1801 Horatio Nelson's mistress Lady Hamilton gave birth to the admiral's daughter Horatia, on January 29, 1801 at her husband Sir William's rented home in Clarges Street, 23 Piccadilly, London.
Nelson had no legitimate children; his illegitimate daughter, Horatia, subsequently married the Rev. Philip Ward and died in 1881.
1802 The first Burns supper celebrating Robert Burns' birthday was held in The Mother Club in Greenock on what was thought to be the Scottish bard's 43rd birthday on January 29, 1802; in 1803 it was discovered from the Ayr parish records that Burns was actually born on January 25, 1759.
1819 British official, Sir Stamford Raffles first stepped on an South East Asia island known locally as ‘Singapura’ on January 29, 1819. A week later, on February 6, 1819, he signed a treaty with Sultan Hussein Shah of Johor, which established Singapore as a trading post for the British East India Company.
1820 King George III of the United Kingdom died at Windsor Castle at 8:38 pm on January 29, 1820, six days after the death of his fourth son, the Duke of Kent. His favorite son, Frederick, Duke of York, was with him. George III lived for 81 years and 239 days and reigned for 59 years and 96 days: both his life and his reign were longer than those of any of his predecessors. Only Victoria and Elizabeth II have since lived and reigned longer.
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| Engraving by Henry Meyer of George III in later life |
1820 On George III's death in 1820, his son Prince George, then aged 57, ascended the throne as George IV. From 1811 until his accession, he had served as Prince Regent during his father's final mental illness.By the time of his accession, George was obese and possibly addicted to laudanum. George IV was King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and of Hanover from January 29, 1820, until his own death ten years later.
1834 When workers on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal rioted over working conditions in early 1834, the government of Maryland pleaded with President Andrew Jackson for federal assistance, hastily interpreting the matter as a rebellion against the state’s civil authority. He responded on January 29, 1834 by calling his secretary of war to order sufficient military resources to "put down the riotous assembly." This was America’s first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute.
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| Portrait of Victoria with her spaniel Dash by George Hayter, 1833 |
1839 Charles Darwin was a logical man. He drew up a list with columns headed "Marry" and "Not Marry," then having come down in favor of marrying , he went to visit his cousin Emma Wedgwood (see picture below) and proposed to her. On January 29. 1839, Darwin married Emma Wedgwood at Maer church in Staffordshire. Charles and Emma spent many happy years together. She did not share her husband's enthusiasm for his work and didn't pretend to find his experiments interesting.
1843 The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, Jr. was born on January 29, 1843 in Niles, Ohio, the seventh child of William and Nancy (née Allison) McKinley. William McKinley was the last president to have served in the American Civil War, beginning as a private in the Union Army. He was promoted to First Lieutenant on February 7, 1863 and ended the war as a brevet major.
After the war, McKinley settled in Canton, Ohio, where he practiced law and married Ida Saxton.
1845 Edgar Allan Poe’s narrative mystery poem The Raven was first published in the Evening Mirror in New York on January 29, 1845. The poem tells the story of a mysterious talking raven that visits a lover, who slowly goes insane. Its publication made Poe famous in his day, and today it is still one of the most recognized and respected poems in American literature. However, he only earned about $9 from the work.
1853 Louis Napoléon (Napoleon III) first met Eugénie de Montijo after he had become president of the Second Republic at a reception at the Elysée Palace on April 12, 1849. Her beauty immediately attracted him. They married on January 29, 1853, in a civil ceremony at the Tuileries, and a day later there was a much grander religious ceremony at Notre Dame. In 1856, Eugenie gave birth to a legitimate son and heir, Louis Napoléon, the Prince Impérial.
1856 The Victoria Cross was introduced on January 29, 1856 by Queen Victoria to honor acts of valor during the Crimean War. Struck from the metal of Russian guns captured in the Crimean War, its first recipient was John Simpson Knox, of the Scots Guards, for valor at the 1854 Battle of the Alma. Later in the campaign, a Russian cannonball tore away his left arm.
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| Victoria Cross by Arghya1999 |
1860 Sir William Robertson was born on January 29, 1860. He was the first and so far only private to rise to the rank of Field Marshal in the British Army. He served in various capacities during his military career, including as Chief of the Imperial General Staff and as the first and only private to hold the position of Chief of the Imperial General Staff during World War I.
1861 The Kansas–Nebraska Act became law in 1854, establishing the U.S. territories of Nebraska and Kansas, allowing settlers in those territories to determine if they would permit slavery within their boundaries. With the passage of the act, thousands of pro- and anti-slavery supporters flooded Kansas. The abolitionists eventually prevailed and on January 29, 1861, Kansas entered the Union as a free state.
1862 The composer Frederick Delius was born on January 29, 1862 in Bradford, West Yorkshire of German-Scandinavian descent. He was baptized as "Fritz Theodore Albert Delius," and used the forename Fritz until he was about 40. Delius followed a commercial career until he was 20, when he went to Florida as an orange planter, studying music in his spare time. He entered Leipzig Conservatory in 1886, and became a friend of the composer Edvard Grieg. After 1890 he composed prolifically.
1878 American George Henry Lester was the first person to patent the idea the idea of a glass container for milk, which he did with his Lester Milk Jar on January 29, 1878. The bottle had a lid which was held in place as a screw cap.
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| Examples of milk bottles from the late 19th century |
1886 German engineer Karl Benz (1844-1929) developed a two-stroke engine in the late 1870s. In 1885 he fitted his lightweight petrol engine to a three-wheeled carriage to pioneer the motor car. On January 29, 1886 Karl Benz received the patent for his "horseless carriage" - the first car with an internal combustion engine.
1907 Charles Curtis of the Kaw tribe in Kansas became the first Native American U.S. Senator on January 29, 1907. He served in the Senate for 15 years, from 1907 to 1913 and from 1915 to 1929. Curtis was later the first US Native American Vice President between 1929-1933.
1920 After Walt Disney and fellow artist Ub Iwerks' business, Iwerks-Disney Commercial Artists, failed to attract many customers, it was agreed that Disney should leave temporarily to earn money at the Kansas City Slide Company. Disney started work there on January 29, 1920, helping to produce slides and one-minute films shown as advertisements in movie theaters. It was there that Disney first became interested in animation.
1923 The founding father of the Republic of Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, married Lâtife Hanım on January 29, 1923, Lâtife Hanım represented a new generation of Turkish women as a first lady who was highly active in public life, which was a rarity in Turkey during that time. However, by the summer of 1925, their relationship had fallen apart and they officially ended their marriage on August 5, 1925.
1951 The actress Elizabeth Taylor often received media attention because of her seven husbands and eight marriages. On January 29, 1951, Elizabeth Taylor was divorced from U.S. hotel heir Conrad Hilton Jnr — the first of her eight marriages, to seven men, to fail.
1954 Oprah Winfrey was born on January 29, 1954 in Kosciusko, Mississippi to a single teenage mother, Vernita Lee, a maid. Her father, Vernon Winfrey, had broken up with Oprah's mom long before she was born. She spent her first six years living in rural poverty and wore potato sacks for clothes. Her talk show, The Oprah Winfrey Show, was the highest-rated television program of its kind in history. Winfrey is also a best-selling author and the world's first female black billionaire.
1957 Prince Charles attended his first day at school on January 29, 1957. For the first time in Britain’s history, the future monarch sat at a school desk with other boys under ten. His fees at Hill House School in Knightsbridge, West London were £27 a term, lunch at 2s 6d a day, and stationery would cost the Queen about £102 a year.
1978 Sweden became the first country in the world to enact legislation which banned most aerosol sprays on January 29, 1978. The ban specifically targeted aerosol sprays containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), primarily due to concerns about their harmful impact on the Earth's ozone layer. While other countries had previously imposed restrictions on specific aerosol products, Sweden's legislation was the first comprehensive ban of this type.
2006 India's Irfan Pathan became the first cricket bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match on January 29, 2006 vs Pakistan at Karachi. The left-arm pacer took the wickets of Salman Butt (caught in slips), Younis Khan (LBW) and Mohammad Yousuf (bowled). Pathan's performance in that match helped India to win the match by an innings and 52 runs.
1957 Prince Charles attended his first day at school on January 29, 1957. For the first time in Britain’s history, the future monarch sat at a school desk with other boys under ten. His fees at Hill House School in Knightsbridge, West London were £27 a term, lunch at 2s 6d a day, and stationery would cost the Queen about £102 a year.
1978 Sweden became the first country in the world to enact legislation which banned most aerosol sprays on January 29, 1978. The ban specifically targeted aerosol sprays containing chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), primarily due to concerns about their harmful impact on the Earth's ozone layer. While other countries had previously imposed restrictions on specific aerosol products, Sweden's legislation was the first comprehensive ban of this type.
2006 India's Irfan Pathan became the first cricket bowler to take a Test cricket hat-trick in the opening over of a match on January 29, 2006 vs Pakistan at Karachi. The left-arm pacer took the wickets of Salman Butt (caught in slips), Younis Khan (LBW) and Mohammad Yousuf (bowled). Pathan's performance in that match helped India to win the match by an innings and 52 runs.
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