Historical Events In October - 29

0437  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 on October - 29.  

0439  Vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago on October - 29.  

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.  

1038  Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1268  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 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege  

1507  On this day in history fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)  

1508  Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre on this day in history.  

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne on October - 29.  

1552  Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle on this day in history.  

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1591  On this day in history giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX  

1618  Sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and colonizer, is executed for conspiring against James I on this day in history.  

1618  On October - 29 english adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.  

1618  Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.  

1656  On this day in history 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  Leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral on October - 29.  

1682  On this day in history william Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania  

1682  On October - 29 william Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, lands at what is now Chester, PA.  

1682  William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania on October - 29.  

1709  England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat" on this day in history.  

1727  On October - 29 severe earthquake in New England  

1740  The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on October - 29.  

1740  On this day in history james Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer  

1783  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66  

1787  The opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) on October - 29.  

1787  On this day in history opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)  

1790  Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 on October - 29.  

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1463  On October - 29 birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1507  On October - 29 birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)  

1513  On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.  

1656  On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]  

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)  

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on October - 29.  

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on October - 29.  

0490  On this day in history petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies  

1038  On October - 29 death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1138  Death of BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on this day in history.  

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on this day in history.  

1321  On October - 29 stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies  

1590  On this day in history dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68  

1618  On this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on this day in history.