On this day: 29/01/904

Sergius III is elected pope, after coming out of retirement to take over the papacy from the deposed antipope Christopher.

On this day: 29/01/946

Caliph Al-Mustakfi is blinded and deposed by Emir Mu'izz al-Dawla, ruler of the Buyid Empire. He is succeeded by Al-Muti as caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.

On this day: 29/01/1258

First Mongol invasion of Đại Việt: Đại Việt defeats the Mongols at the battle of Đông Bộ Đầu, forcing the Mongols to withdraw from the country.

On this day: 29/01/1814

War of the Sixth Coalition: France defeats Russia and Prussia in the Battle of Brienne.

On this day: 29/01/1819

Stamford Raffles lands on the island of Singapore.

On this day: 29/01/1845

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

On this day: 29/01/1850

Henry Clay introduces the Compromise of 1850 to the U.S. Congress.

On this day: 29/01/1856

Queen Victoria 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.

On this day: 29/01/1861

Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.

On this day: 29/01/1863

The Bear River Massacre: A detachment of California Volunteers led by Colonel Patrick Edward Connor engage the Shoshone at Bear River, Washington Territory, killing hundreds of men, women and children.