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  On October - 29 petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies  

1038  On this day in history aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury  

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  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on this day in history.  

1390  First trial for witchcraft in Paris on this day in history.  

1463  On this day in history alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1467  On October - 29 battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege  

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

1508  On this day in history gelderse troops occupies Kuinre  

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne on this day in history.  

1552  On October - 29 czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle  

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  On this day in history sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and colonizer, is executed for conspiring against James I.  

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  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] on October - 29.  

1658  On this day in history action of 29 October 1658 (Naval battle)  

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 October - 29 leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral.  

1682  William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania on October - 29.  

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

1682  On this day in history william Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania  

1709  On this day in history england/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat"  

1727  Severe earthquake in New England on this day in history.  

1740  The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on this day in history.  

1740  James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer on October - 29.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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1463  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on October - 29.  

1513  On October - 29 birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

1562  On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury  

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  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on October - 29.  

1038  On this day in history 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 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  On October - 29 death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

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