What happened on 29 January?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

1. 1886 Benz Patent-Motorwagen Karl Benz patents his internal-combustion Motorwagen, widely regarded as the first practical automobile; modern motoring begins.
2. 1929 Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front Defining German anti-war novel of WW1.
3. 1845 Poe's The Raven Poem of mournful refrain — 'Nevermore'.
4. 1877 Satsuma Rebellion Last samurai uprising under Saigō Takamori, crushed by the new conscript imperial army; cements modernisation.
5. 1820 Reign of George IV Reign of George IV (1820-1830) as King of the United Kingdom.
6. 1964 Dr. Strangelove released Stanley Kubrick's nuclear-war satire; 'Mein Fuhrer, I can walk!'
7. 1635 Académie française founded Richelieu gives a private literary circle royal letters patent to fix the French language — its forty 'immortals' still meet today.
8. 1523 Zwingli's reformation in Zurich The Zurich city council, persuaded by Huldrych Zwingli at a public disputation, votes to break with the bishop and reform the church by law — the first Reformation carried by a cit
9. 1860 Born: Anton Chekhov Russian playwright and short-story writer of The Seagull and Three Sisters.
10. 2017 Federer's 2017 Australian Open Returning at 35 from six months out injured, Federer beats Rafael Nadal in five sets to win his 18th Grand Slam title.