Historical Events In July - 29
Thursday, 28 August 2025
0238 On this day in history pupienus, Roman Emperor
0362 Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws on July - 29.
0626 On this day in history avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople
1014 Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies on July - 29.
1030 On this day in history battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim)
1030 On this day in history olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad
1095 On this day in history 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 On July - 29 ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies
1099 Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies on July - 29.
1108 On July - 29 philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56
1164 On July - 29 olaf, King of Norway, dies
1179 Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III on July - 29.
1560 Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden on this day in history.
1563 League of High Nobles routes King Philip II on this day in history.
1565 On this day in history mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley
1567 On this day in history james VI was crowned at Stirling. Regarded as 'The Wisest Fool in Christendom' he succeeded to the English throne in 1603
1567 On July - 29 james VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1573 Spanish prince of Eboli, dies on July - 29.
1579 On July - 29 antwerp request union with of Utrecht
1585 Friese academy opens on this day in history.
1588 On July - 29 attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders
1588 British general Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth on July - 29.
1590 On July - 29 gilles Hayne, composer
1596 Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84 on this day in history.
1605 On this day in history simon Dach, German poet
1620 On this day in history nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat
1632 On this day in history samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies
1634 Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao on this day in history.
1644 Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies on this day in history.
1646 Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve) on July - 29.
1649 On this day in history david Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies
1655 Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam on July - 29.
1669 Christopher Simpson, composer, dies on July - 29.
1676 On July - 29 nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians
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