Template:On this day - December 29

Francisco de Moncada

• 603 – Witteric, King of Visigothic Hispania, usurps power after leading a revolt of nobles.
• 1503 – The Battle of the Garigliano takes place, a clash between French and Spanish troops during the second war of Naples.
• 1586 – Birth of Francisco de Moncada, Spanish politician and writer of the Golden Age (d. 1635).
• 1587 – At the Corral de la Cruz in Madrid, the playwright Lope de Vega is arrested and imprisoned, accused of libel.
• 1609 – In Paraguay, the city of San Ignacio Guazú is founded.
• 1711 – Philip V founds the National Library of Spain in Madrid.
• 1775 – In Guatemala, the city of Nueva Guatemala de la Asunción is officially founded.
• 1825 – In Bolivia, Simón Bolívar resigns the presidency of the Republic, which is assumed by Antonio José de Sucre.
• 1845 – The United States annexes the Mexican state of Texas (fulfilling the doctrine of manifest destiny).
• 1874 – In Sagunto (Spain), General Martínez Campos makes the «Pronunciamiento of Sagunto» in favor of the monarchy of Alfonso XII, thus ending the First Spanish Republic.
• 1945 – In Madrid (Spain), the film Los últimos de Filipinas premieres, declared of national interest.
• 1990 – In Colombia, the Revolutionary Workers' Party abandons the armed struggle.
• 2001 – In Lima (Peru), a massive fire caused by fireworks destroys much of the commercial area known as Mesa Redonda, causing nearly 480 deaths and several hundred injuries.