Historical Events In July - 29

0238  Pupienus, Roman Emperor on July - 29.   

0362  Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws on July - 29.   

0626  On July - 29 avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople   

1014  Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies on July - 29.   

1030  Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim) on July - 29.   

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  Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies on this day in history.   

1099  Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies on this day in history.   

1108  Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1164  Olaf, King of Norway, dies on July - 29.   

1179  Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III on this day in history.   

1560  Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden on July - 29.   

1563  League of High Nobles routes King Philip II on this day in history.   

1565  On July - 29 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  James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling on this day in history.   

1573  On this day in history spanish prince of Eboli, dies   

1579  On July - 29 antwerp request union with of Utrecht   

1585  On this day in history friese academy opens   

1588  On July - 29 attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders   

1588  On July - 29 british general Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Plymouth   

1590  Gilles Hayne, composer on July - 29.   

1596  On July - 29 jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84   

1605  On July - 29 simon Dach, German poet   

1620  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat on this day in history.   

1632  On July - 29 samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies   

1634  On July - 29 dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao   

1644  On July - 29 urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies   

1646  On this day in history johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve)   

1649  David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies on this day in history.   

1655  Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam on July - 29.   

1669  On July - 29 christopher Simpson, composer, dies   

1676  Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians on this day in history.   

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1166  Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197) was born on July - 29.   

1590  On this day in history birth of gilles Hayne, composer   

1605  Simon Dach, German poet was born on this day in history.   

1620  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat was born on July - 29.   

1646  Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve) was born on this day in history.   

1723  Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer was born on this day in history.   

1739  On July - 29 birth of johannes Ritschel, composer   

1755  Franz Gotz, composer was born on this day in history.   

0238  On July - 29 death of pupienus, Roman Emperor   

1030  On this day in history olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad   

1095  Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies on July - 29.   

1099  On this day in history urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies   

1108  Philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 on July - 29.   

1164  On this day in history olaf, King of Norway, dies   

1507  On this day in history death of martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)   

1573  On this day in history spanish prince of Eboli, dies