1082 Battle at Mailberg Vratislav II of Bohemia beats Leopold II of Austria

1215 English barons serve ultimatum on king John without Country

1328 Louis IV de Beier selects P Rainalducci as anti-Pope Nicolaas V

1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur

1525 Battle at Böblingen Zwabische Union beats rebel Württembergse farmers

1534 Württemberg becomes Lutheran

1551 San Marcos University in Lima Peru, opens

1588 Catholic League under duke Henri de Guise occupies Paris France

1604 Spanish garrison of Aardenburg surrenders to Mauritius

1640 Uprising against Spanish king Philip IV

1641 Prince Willem II (14) marries English princess Henriette Mary Stuart (9)

1689 England & Netherlands form League of Augsburg

1695 English king Willem III departs to Netherlands

1701 Drenthe adopts Gregorian calendar (yesterday is 4/29/1701)

1733 Maria Theresa crowned queen of Bohemia in Prague

1776 Turgot, French minister of Finance, resigns

1777 The first ice cream advertisement (Philip Lenzi-New York Gazette)

1780 Charleston SC falls to the British (Revolutionary War)

1789 Society of St Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers

1792 Toilet that flushes itself at regular intervals is patented

1849 Willem Alexander PFL crowned king Willem III in Amsterdam

1862 Federal troops occupies Baton Rouge LA

1863 Battle of Raymond MS

1864 Battle of Spotsylvania Courthouse, Virginia

1864 Battle of Todd's Tavern VA (Sheridan's Raid)

1864 Butler attacks Drewry's Bluff on James River (Fort Darling)

1864 US Union colonel Emory Upton (24) promoted to Brigadier-General

1865 Last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch, Texas

1870 Manitoba becomes a Canadian province

1870 Manitoba becomes a province of Canada

1871 Segregated street cars integrated in Louisville KY

1874 US Assay Office in Helena MT authorized

1881 Treaty of Bardo, Tunisia becomes a French protectorate

1885 Battle of Batoche, French Canadians rebel against Canada

1890 Louisiana legalized prize fighting

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