Top Historical Events That Happened on July 29

0238  Pupienus, Roman Emperor.   

0362  Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws   

0626  Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople.   

1014  Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies.   

1030  Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim)   

1030  Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad.   

1095  Hungary's Ladislas I conquers Croatia and Dalmatia, where he introduces Catholicism, founds the bishopric of Zagreb (Agram), persecutes the heathen, but dies suddenly at age 55 just as he is about to join the crusade.   

1095  Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies   

1099  Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies.   

1108  Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56.   

1164  Olaf, King of Norway, dies   

1179  Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III.   

1560  Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden.   

1563  League of High Nobles routes King Philip II   

1565  Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.   

1567  James VI was crowned at Stirling. Regarded as 'The Wisest Fool in Christendom' he succeeded to the English throne in 1603   

1567  James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.   

1573  Spanish prince of Eboli, dies.   

1579  Antwerp request union with of Utrecht   

1585  Friese academy opens   

1588  Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders.   

1588  British general Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth   

1590  Gilles Hayne, composer.   

1596  Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84   

1605  Simon Dach, German poet.   

1620  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat   

1632  Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies.   

1634  Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao.   

1644  Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies   

1646  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam and Eve).   

1649  David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies   

1655  Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam   

1669  Christopher Simpson, composer, dies   

1676  Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians   

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1166  Henry ii of champagne: Henry ii of champagne (d. 1197)   

1590  Gilles hayne: Composer   

1605  Simon dach: German poet   

1620  Nicolaas heinsius: Dutch philologist/diplomat   

1646  Johann theile: German composer (adam & eve)   

1723  Christleib siegmund binder: Composer   

1739  Johannes ritschel: Composer   

1755  Franz gotz: Composer   

0238  Death of Pupienus: Roman emperor   

1030  Olaf haraldsson: King of norway,   

1095  Death of Ladislaus i arpad de heilige: King of hungary,   

1099  Urban ii: [odo van lagery], french pope (1088-99),   

1108  Philip i: Co-king of france (1059, 1060-1108),   

1164  Death of Olaf: King of norway,   

1507  Death of Martin behaim: German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)   

1573  Spanish prince of eboli: