Historical Events In October - 29
Friday, 18 July 2025
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 this day in history.
0490 Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on this day in history.
1038 Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
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 October - 29.
1463 Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher on October - 29.
1467 Battle of Brusthem: Charles the Bold defeats Liege on October - 29.
1507 On October - 29 fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)
1508 Gelderse troops occupies Kuinre on October - 29.
1513 Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne on October - 29.
1552 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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 On this day in history english adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
1618 Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.
1656 On October - 29 edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]
1658 Action of 29 October 1658 (Naval battle) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history england/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat"
1727 On October - 29 severe earthquake in New England
1740 On October - 29 the birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist
1740 James Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer on October - 29.
1783 Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66 on this day in history.
1787 On October - 29 the opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague)
1787 Opera "Don Giovanni" is produced (Prague) on this day in history.
1790 Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 on this day in history.
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