Historical Events In October - 29
Saturday, 07 September 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 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 this day in history.
1321 On October - 29 stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies
1390 First trial for witchcraft in Paris on this day in history.
1463 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher on this day in history.
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 October - 29.
1508 Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre on October - 29.
1513 Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne on this day in history.
1552 Czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle on October - 29.
1562 On October - 29 george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
1590 Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on this day in history.
1591 Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX on this day in history.
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 this day in history.
1656 Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] on October - 29.
1658 On October - 29 action of 29 October 1658 (Naval battle)
1665 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. on this day in history.
1675 On this day in history leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral.
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 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 October - 29 severe earthquake in New England
1740 The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on October - 29.
1740 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer on October - 29.
1783 On this day in history 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 October - 29 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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