About November 29
November 29, 2023 is the 333rd day of the year 2023 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 32 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
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Sagittarius is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Topaz is the modern birthstone for this month. Pearl is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 73 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On November 29
- 800 –Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of Pope Leo III.
- 1394 –The Korean king Yi Seong-gye, founder of the Joseon Dynasty, moves the capital from Kaesŏng to Hanyang, today known as Seoul.
- 1777 –San Jose, California, is founded as Pueblo de San José de Guadalupe. It is the first civilian settlement, or pueblo, in Alta California.
- 1781 –The crew of the British slave ship Zong murders 133 Africans by dumping them into the sea to claim insurance.
- 1830 –November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia’s rule in Poland begins.
- 1847 –The Sonderbund is defeated by the joint forces of other Swiss cantons under General Guillaume-Henri Dufour.
- 1847 –Whitman Massacre: Missionaries Dr. Marcus Whitman, his wife Narcissa, and 15 others are killed by Cayuse and Umatilla Indians, causing the Cayuse War.
- 1850 –The treaty, Punctation of Olmütz, is signed in Olomouc. Prussia capitulates to Austrian Empire, which took over the leadership of German Confederation.
- 1864 –American Civil War: Battle of Spring Hill – A Confederate advance into Tennessee misses an opportunity to crush the Union Army. General John Bell Hood is angered, which leads to the Battle of Franklin.
- 1864 –Indian Wars: Sand Creek Massacre – Colorado volunteers led by Colonel John Chivington massacre at least 150 Cheyenne and Arapaho noncombatants inside Colorado Territory.
- 1872 –Indian Wars: The Modoc War begins with the Battle of Lost River.
- 1881 –Spokan Falls (today the city of Spokane, Washington) is officially incorporated as a city.
- 1890 –The Meiji Constitution goes into effect in Japan and the first Diet convenes.
- 1947 –The Partition Plan: the United Nations General Assembly votes to partition Israel.
- 1950 –Korean War: North Korean and Chinese troops force United Nations forces to retreat from North Korea.
- 1952 –Korean War: U.S. President-elect Dwight D. Eisenhower fulfills a campaign promise by traveling to Korea to find out what can be done to end the conflict.
- 1963 –U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
- 1967 –Vietnam War: U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announces his resignation.
- 1983 –Soviet war in Afghanistan: The United Nations General Assembly passes a resolution stating that Soviet Union forces should withdraw from Afghanistan.
- 2007 –A 7.4 magnitude earthquake occurs off the northern coast of Martinique. This affected the Eastern Caribbean as far north as Puerto Rico and as far south as Trinidad.
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