- July 29, 1014 “Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat
on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.” - July 29, 1030 Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
- July 29, 1095 “Hungary’s Ladislas I conquers Croatia and Dalmatia, where he introduces Catholicism, founds the bishopric of Zagreb (Agram), persecutes the heathen, but dies suddenly at age 55 just as he is about to join the crusade
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- July 29, 1565 “Mary Queen of Scots, widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.”
- July 29, 1567 James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling. Regarded as ‘The Wisest Fool in Christendom’ he succeeded to the English throne in 1603
- July 29, 1588 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders
- July 29, 1693 War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
- July 29, 1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sunk off Florida coast by hurricane
- July 29, 1773 “The first schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH”
- July 29, 1786 “The first newspaper published west of Alleghenies, Pitts Gazette”
- July 29, 1793 “John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.”
- July 29, 1830 Abdication of Charles X of France.
- July 29, 1835 The first sugar plantation in Hawaii begins
- July 29, 1836 Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- July 29, 1844 New York Yacht Club forms
- July 29, 1847 “Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.”
- July 29, 1848 “Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.”
- July 29, 1851 Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- July 29, 1858 The first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed
- July 29, 1858 United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- July 29, 1858 US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan
- July 29, 1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
- July 29, 1899 Southern Calif Golf Assn formed
- July 29, 1899 The First Hague Convention is signed.
- July 29, 1899 “The first motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY”
- July 29, 1900 “In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I was shot to death by Gaetano Bresci, an Italian-born anarchist who had resided in America before returning to his homeland to murder the king”