Historical Events In October - 29
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
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 On October - 29 vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
0490 Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.
1038 On this day in history aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury
1268 On this day in history 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.
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 On this day in history battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege
1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) on this day in history.
1508 Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre on this day in history.
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 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.
1590 On October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68
1591 On October - 29 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 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 this day in history.
1658 Action of 29 October 1658 (Naval battle) on October - 29.
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 William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania on October - 29.
1682 On this day in history william Penn, founder of Pennsylvania, lands at what is now Chester, PA.
1682 William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania on this day in history.
1709 On October - 29 england/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat"
1727 On this day in history severe earthquake in New England
1740 On October - 29 the birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist
1740 On October - 29 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 October - 29 opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
1790 On October - 29 pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66
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