Template:On this day - November 29

Alonso de Ercilla

• 1290 – Death of Eleanor of Castile, Infanta of Castile and Queen consort of England (b. 1241).
• 1291 – In Monteagudo de las Vicarías (Spain), James II and Sancho IV sign the Treaty of Monteagudo.
• 1534 – In the Viceroyalty of Peru, the village of Jauja, which had been founded by Francisco Pizarro, is moved to its present site.
• 1594 – Death of Alonso de Ercilla, Spanish soldier and poet (b. 1533).
• 1781 – Birth of Andrés Bello, Venezuelan humanist, poet, philologist, educator and jurist (d. 1865).
• 1604 – In the New Kingdom of Granada (present-day Colombia), the municipality of Cota, located in the department of Cundinamarca, is founded.
• 1783 – Birth of Tomás de Anchorena, Argentine politician and lawyer (d. 1847).
• 1835 – In Barcelona (Spain), General Francisco Espoz y Mina declares a state of siege.
• 1842 – Death of Francisco Javier de Uriarte y Borja, Spanish naval officer and soldier (b. 1753).
• 1844 – In Chile, Joaquín de Ceballo founds the town of Salamanca.
• 1869 – Buenaventura Báez signs a treaty for the annexation of the Dominican Republic to the United States.
• 1901 – Death of Francisco Pi y Margall, Spanish politician, president of the Republic in 1873 (b. 1824).
• 1909 – In the Andes mountain range, the railway tunnel linking Las Cuevas (Argentina) with Caracoles (Chile) is inaugurated, part of the old Los Andes-Mendoza Transandine Railway, which operated until 1984.
• 1936 – In Spain, the Government threatens severe criminal penalties for those who hoard silver and precious metals.
• 1984 – Argentina and Chile sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship that ends the Beagle conflict.
• 2012 – In Paraguay, great floods paralyze the cities of Greater Asunción, sweeping away vehicles and leaving people missing.
• 2016 – Death of Luis Alberto Monge Álvarez, farmer and politician, President of Costa Rica between 1982 and 1986 (b. 1925).