Historical Events In April - 29

0534  Taliesin, Welsh poet, according to legend in Mabinogion   

0852  Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76   

0926  Burchard II, Duke of Swabia   

1091  Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes   

1429  Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English   

1429  The seige of Orleans is lifted by Joan of Arc.   

1499  John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies.   

1522  Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands   

1535  John Houghton, English, executed.   

1540  Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended.   

1550  Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority   

1553  Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England   

1584  Melchior Teschner, composer.   

1594  Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer   

1623  11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru   

1628  Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein   

1636  Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans.   

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer   

1644  Farm leader Li Zicheng is recorded as becoming emperor of China and flees Peking   

1660  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer.   

1661  Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan   

1667  John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope).   

1670  Pope Clemens X elected.   

1672  Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.   

1676  Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69.   

1699  Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50   

1701  In this year, Drenthe Neth formally adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701.   

1706  Emperor Jozef I is recorded as becoming monarch of Cologne/Bavaria   

1707  English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain.   

1712  Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67.   

1715  John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time.   

1727  Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)   

1745  Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)   

1771  Matthaus Stegmayer, composer   

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1584  Melchior Teschner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  On April - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer   

1660  On April - 29 birth of matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer   

1665  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745) was born on this day in history.   

1667  John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope) was born on April - 29.   

1686  Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742) was born on April - 29.   

1727  On this day in history birth of jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)   

1745  Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800) was born on April - 29.   

0852  Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

0926  Death of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.   

1380  Death of Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347) on this day in history.   

1499  On this day in history john IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies   

1535  On this day in history death of john Houghton, English, executed   

1594  Death of Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer on this day in history.   

1630  On this day in history death of agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552)   

1658  On this day in history death of john Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613)