Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/December 29

December 29:

• 1170 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket was slain in his own cathedral on orders from Henry II of England.
• 1845 - The Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States, becoming the state of Texas.
• 1890 - The United States Army killed over 400 members of the Great Sioux Nation at the Wounded Knee Massacre.
• 1911 - Sun Yat-sen was elected the first President of the Republic of China.
• 1937 - The Irish Free State was replaced by a new state called Ireland when a new constitution was adopted.

Recent days: December 28 – December 27 – December 26

Archive – More historical anniversaries...