July 29, 1812 London England - Word of the US declaration of war arrives in England 41 days after it is declared. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 29,1756 Kingston Ontario - Louis-Joseph, Marquis de Montcalm 1712-1759 arrives at Fort Frontenac to join François-Charles de Bourlamaque 1716-1764 and his 3,000 men in an attack on the English. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- July 29,1609 Ticonderoga New York - Samuel de Champlain c1570-1635 met large war party of Iroquois heading north near Ticonderoga. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------