Historical Events In October - 29
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0437 On October - 29 valentinian III, Western Roman Emperor, marries Licinia Eudoxia, daughter of his cousin Theodosius II, Eastern Roman Emperor in Constantinople. This unifies the two branches of the House of Theodosius
0439 Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago on this day in history.
0490 Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.
1038 On October - 29 aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury
1268 On this day in history conradin, the last legitimate male heir of the Hohenstaufen dynasty of Kings of Germany and Holy Roman Emperors, is executed along with his companion Frederick I, Margrave of Baden by Charles I of Sicily, a political rival and ally to the hostile Roman Catholic church.
1321 On this day in history stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies
1390 First trial for witchcraft in Paris on October - 29.
1463 On this day in history alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher
1467 Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege on this day in history.
1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) on this day in history.
1508 Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre on October - 29.
1513 On October - 29 jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
1552 On October - 29 czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
1562 On October - 29 george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
1590 On this day in history dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68
1591 Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX on October - 29.
1618 Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and colonizer, is executed for conspiring against James I on this day in history.
1618 English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England on October - 29.
1618 On October - 29 walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason
1656 On October - 29 edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]
1658 Action of 29 October 1658 (Naval battle) on this day in history.
1665 On this day in history battle of Ambuila, where Portuguese forces defeated the forces of the Kingdom of Kongo and decapitated king Antonio I of Kongo, also called Nvita a Nkanga..
1675 On this day in history leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral.
1682 On this day in history william Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania
1682 William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, lands at what is now Chester, PA on this day in history.
1682 On October - 29 william Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania
1709 England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat" on this day in history.
1727 On this day in history severe earthquake in New England
1740 The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on this day in history.
1740 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer on this day in history.
1783 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66 on this day in history.
1787 On this day in history the opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
1787 Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) on this day in history.
1790 Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 on October - 29.
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