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 October - 29.  

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 October - 29.  

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

1390  On October - 29 first trial for witchcraft in Paris.  

1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher on this day in history.  

1467  Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege on October - 29.  

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

1552  Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle on October - 29.  

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.  

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on October - 29.  

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 October - 29.  

1618  English adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England on this day in history.  

1618  Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on October - 29.  

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 October - 29 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 this day in history.  

1682  On October - 29 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 October - 29.  

1727  On this day in history severe earthquake in New England  

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

1740  On October - 29 james Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer  

1783  On October - 29 jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66  

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

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

1790  On this day in history pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66  

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on October - 29.  

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.  

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

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.  

1656  On October - 29 birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]  

1682  On this day in history birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)  

1690  On this day in history birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)  

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on this day in history.  

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

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

1138  On October - 29 death of bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)  

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on October - 29.  

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

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

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on October - 29.  

1650  On this day in history death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)