Historical Events In October - 29
Sunday, 06 July 2025
0437 On this day in history 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 On this day in history vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
0490 On October - 29 petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
1038 On October - 29 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 Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on this day in history.
1390 On this day in history 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 October - 29.
1507 Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) on October - 29.
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 On October - 29 czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
1562 George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.
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 October - 29.
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 October - 29 walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason
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 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 On October - 29 leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral.
1682 On this day in history william Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania
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 England/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat" on this day in history.
1727 On this day in history severe earthquake in New England
1740 The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on this day in history.
1740 On this day in history 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 this day in history.
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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