November 29
November 29 is the 333rd day of the year (334th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 32 days remain until the end of the year.
– Following the death of King Chlothar I at Compiègne, his four sons, Charibert I, Guntram, Sigebert I and Chilperic I, divide the Frankish Kingdom.[1]
561
– The Tang dynasty scores a decisive victory over their rival Xue Rengao at the Battle of Qianshuiyuan.[2]
618
– The Abbasid army under Muhammad ibn Sulayman al-Katib defeats the Qarmatians at the Battle of Hama.[3]
903
– A large earthquake damages the areas of the Crusaders in the Middle East. Antioch, Mamistra, Marash and Edessa are hit by the shocks.[4]
1114
– Lionel of Antwerp, 1st Duke of Clarence, Belgian-English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1368)[47]
1338
– Roger Mortimer, 1st Earl of March, English soldier and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1287)[265]
1330
– Thomas Wolsey, English cardinal and politician, Lord Chancellor of the United Kingdom (b. 1473)[268]
1530
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