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Nov 29 1338

Lionel of Antwerp 1st Duke of Clarence son of Edward III of England born in Antwerp Buchy of Brabant (d. 1368)

Nov 29 1690

Christian Augustus of Anhalt-Zerbst father of Catherine II of Russia (d. 1747)

Nov 29 1762

Pierre Andr Latreille French zoologist (d. 1833)

Nov 29 1781

Andres Bello Venezuela poetdiplomatscholar (Silvas Americanas)

Nov 29 1799

Amos Bronson Alcott US educatorpoet (Concord Days)

Nov 29 1802

Wilhelm Hauff German writer born in Stuttgart (d. 1827)

Nov 29 1811

Wendell Phillips womens suffrageantislaveryprison reformer

Nov 29 1813

Franz von Miklosich Slovenian linguist (d. 1891)

Nov 29 1815

Stephen Augustus Hurlbut American politician commander of US Army of the Gulf Major General (Union Army) born in Charleston South Carolina (d. 1882)

Nov 29 1816

Carl Binder Austrian composer born in Vienna (d. 1860)

Nov 29 1818

George Brown Canadian publisher (Toronto Globe) PM (L) (1858)

Nov 29 1825

Jean-Martin Charcot French neurologist (d. 1893)

Nov 29 1833

Louis Douglass Watkins American Brigadier General (Union Army) born in Tallahassee Florida (d. 1868)

Nov 29 1834

Thomas Edward Greenfield Ransom American civil engineer and Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Norwich Vermont (d. 1864)

Nov 29 1838

Aeneas Mackay BaronDutch minister of interiorColonies

Nov 29 1839

Ludwig Anzengruber Austrian playwright (Der Schandfleck)

Nov 29 1856

Theobald von Bethmann-Hollweg Chancellor of the German Empire (1909-17) born in Hohenfinow Kingdom of Prussia (d. 1921)

Nov 29 1857

Theodor Escherich German pediatrician (d. 1911)

Nov 29 1860

Hans Haym German conductor born in Halle (d. 1921)

Nov 29 1870

Andre Lichtenberger French sociologistwriter (Le petit roi)

Nov 29 1870

Harry Graham Australian cricketer (107 on Test debut Aust v Eng 1893) born in Melbourne

Nov 29 1872

Anna Bahr-von Mildenburg Austrian sopranodirector

Nov 29 1874

Antonio Egas Moniz Portuguese lobotomist (Nobel 1949)

Nov 29 1888

Joe Slater Australian Rules footballer (d. 1917)

Nov 29 1894

Lucille Hegamin American singer and entertainer (d. 1970)

Nov 29 1895

Yakima Canutt [Enos Edward] American rodeo cowboy actor and director (Texas Terror) born in Colfax Washington (d. 1986)

Nov 29 1895

Busby Berkeley choreographer born in Los Angeles California

Nov 29 1895

William V S Tubman (Whig) 17th Liberian president (1943-70)

Nov 29 1896

Philip L Carret Lynn Mass CEO (Pioneer Fund)

Nov 29 1897

Emiel van Hemeldonck Belgian writer (Little Emperor)

Nov 29 1898

Rod La Rocque American actor (The Ten Commandments) born in Chicago Illinois (d. 1969)

Nov 29 1899

Genevieve Tobin American actress (Zaza Great Gambini Uncertain Lady) born in NYC New York (d. 1995)

Nov 29 1899

Andrija Artukovi Croatian war criminal (d. 1988)

Nov 29 1516 Treaty of Freiburg FrenchSwiss eternal peace treaty

Nov 29 1561 Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland

Nov 29 1573 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands

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