| 29 November 1314 | France [births and deaths] | Philip IV, king of France 1285–1314, dies in Fontainebleau, France (46). |
| 29 November 1378 | Holy Roman Empire [political events] | Following the death of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV, king of Bohemia, he is succeeded by his son Wenceslas. His younger sons, Sigismund and John, are endowed respectively with the Mark of Brandenburg and the newly formed Duchy of Görlitz. |
| 29 November 1530 | England [births and deaths] | Thomas Wolsey (Cardinal Wolsey), English statesman who dominated King Henry VIII's government (1515–29), dies of a bowel disorder in Leicester, England, while under arrest as a traitor for his secret correspondence with Pope Clement VII (55). |
| 29 November 1643 | Venice [births and deaths] | Claudio Monteverdi, Italian composer, key developer of opera as a musical genre with works such as Orfeo/Orpheus (1607), dies in Venice (76). |
| 29 November 1780 | Habsburg Monarchy [political events] | Maria-Theresa, wife and empress of Holy Roman Emperor Francis I 1745–65 and co-ruler of the Habsburg Monarchy, dies in Vienna, Austria. Her son, the Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, becomes sole ruler of the Habsburg lands. |
| 29 November 1798 | France, Naples [French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1801)] | King Ferdinand IV of the Italian kingdom of Naples declares war against France and occupies Rome. |
| 29 November 1832 | USA [births and deaths] | Louisa May Alcott, US author of children's books, best known for Little Women (1869), born in Germantown, Pennsylvania (–1888). |
| 29 November 1935 | New Zealand [administration] | Michael Joseph Savage becomes New Zealand's first Labour prime minister. |
| 29 November 1945 | Yugoslavia [political events] | The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia is proclaimed, under Marshal Josip Broz Tito, leader of the communist resistance against Germany during World War II. |
| 29 November 1965 | UK [media and communication] | Mary Whitehouse founds the National Viewers' and Listeners' Association in Britain to campaign against offensive and immoral broadcasting. |
| 29 November 1974 | UK [terrorism] | The Prevention of Terrorism Act is passed in Britain following a spate of Irish Republican Army (IRA) outrages. Police are given power to hold terrorist suspects for five days without charge and suspects can be banned from the British mainland or deported to Northern Ireland. |
| 29 November 1978 | UK [football] | Viv Anderson of Nottingham Forest becomes the first black footballer to play for England. |
| 29 November 2001 | USA [births and deaths] | George Harrison, English musician, songwriter, and film producer, and member of the legendary Beatles pop group of the 1960s, dies in Los Angeles, California (58). |
