WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. JANUARY
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An Lushan, leader of a revolt against the Tang Dynasty and emperor of Yan, is murdered by his own son, An Qingxu. (29. January 757)

Sergius III comes out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher. (29. January 904)

Feodor III becomes Tsar of Russia. (29. January 1676)

France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne. (29. January 1814)

Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore. (29. January 1819)

US President Andrew Jackson orders first use of federal soldiers to suppress a labor dispute. (29. January 1834)

"The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror, the first publication with the name of the author, Edgar Allan Poe (29. January 1845)

Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress. (29. January 1850)

Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom issues a Warrant under the Royal sign-manual that establishes the Victoria Cross to recognise acts of valour by British military personnel during the Crimean War. (29. January 1856)

Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. (29. January 1861)

Bear River Massacre. (29. January 1863)

Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile. (29. January 1886)

Liliuokalani is proclaimed the last monarch and only queen regnant of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. (29. January 1891)

The American League is organized in Philadelphia with eight founding teams. (29. January 1900)

Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes the first Native American U.S. Senator. (29. January 1907)

World War I: Paris is first bombed by German zeppelins. (29. January 1916)

Ukrainian–Soviet War: The Bolshevik Red Army, on its way to besiege Kiev, is met by a small group of military students at the Battle of Kruty. (29. January 1918)

Ukrainian–Soviet War: An armed uprising organized by the Bolsheviks in anticipation of the encroaching Red Army begins at the Kiev Arsenal, which will be put down six days later. (29. January 1918)

The first inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame are announced. (29. January 1936)

Three trains on the Sakurajima Line, in Osaka, Japan, collide and explode while approaching Ajikawaguchi Station. 181 people are killed. (29. January 1940)

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