Historical Events In October - 29
Thursday, 10 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 this day in history.
0439 On October - 29 vandalen under Genseric occupy Carthago
0490 On October - 29 petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies
1038 Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.
1268 On October - 29 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 this day in history 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 October - 29.
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 On October - 29 gelderse troops occupies Kuinre
1513 On October - 29 jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne
1552 On this day in history czar Ivan IV escapes back to Moscow after battle
1562 On this day in history george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury
1590 On October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68
1591 Giovanni A Facchinetti elected as Pope Innocentius IX on this day in history.
1618 On October - 29 sir Walter Raleigh, explorer and colonizer, is executed for conspiring against James I.
1618 On October - 29 english adventurer, writer, and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh is beheaded for allegedly conspiring against James I of England.
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 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 Leibniz makes the first use of the long s, ∫, for integral on this day in history.
1682 On this day in history 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 William Penn lands at what is now Chester Pennsylvania on October - 29.
1709 On October - 29 england/Netherlands sign anti-French "Barrieretraktaat"
1727 Severe earthquake in New England on this day in history.
1740 The birth of James Boswell, Scottish biographer and diarist on October - 29.
1740 On this day in history james Boswell, Scotland, Samuel Johnson's biographer
1783 On October - 29 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 On this day in history pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66
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