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 this day in history.   

0439  On October - 29 vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago   

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

1038  On October - 29 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  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on this day in history.   

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

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

1467  Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

1591  On October - 29 giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX   

1618  On October - 29 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 this day in history 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  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 October - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1682  William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania on this day in history.   

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

1727  Severe earthquake in New England on October - 29.   

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

1740  James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer on this day in history.   

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

1790  Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 on October - 29.   

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

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

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

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on this day in history.   

1656  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on October - 29.   

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

1690  On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)   

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

1038  On October - 29 death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury   

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

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

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

1590  On this day in history dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68   

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.   

1650  On October - 29 death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)