July 29rd All Events |
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| July 29th, 2007 (July 29 2007) | Death | Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (born in 1940) | |
| July 29th, 2007 (July 29 2007) | Death | Michel Serrault, French actor (born in 1928) | |
| July 29th, 2007 (July 29 2007) | Death | Tom Snyder, American television personality (born in 1936) | |
| July 29th, 2007 (July 29 2007) | Death | Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (born in 1921) | |
| July 29th, 2005 (July 29 2005) | Event | Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris. | |
| July 29th, 2004 (July 29 2004) | Death | Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (born in 1923) | |
| July 29th, 2003 (July 29 2003) | Death | Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (born in 1937) | |
| July 29th, 2001 (July 29 2001) | Death | Edward Gierek, Polish politician (born in 1913) | |
| July 29th, 2001 (July 29 2001) | Death | Wau Holland, German computer hacker (born in 1951) | |
| July 29th, 1998 (July 29 1998) | Death | Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (born in 1918) | |
| July 29th, 1996 (July 29 1996) | Event | The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court. | |
| July 29th, 1996 (July 29 1996) | Death | Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (born in 1919) | |
| July 29th, 1996 (July 29 1996) | Death | Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise) (born in 1967) | |
| July 29th, 1996 (July 29 1996) | Death | Marcel-Paul Schutzenberger, French mathematician (born in 1920) | |
| July 29th, 1995 (July 29 1995) | Death | Les Elgart, American jazz musician and bandleader (born in 1917) | |
| July 29th, 1994 (July 29 1994) | Death | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel laureate (born in 1910) | Crowfoot Quotes |
| July 29th, 1993 (July 29 1993) | Event | The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free. | |
| July 29th, 1993 (July 29 1993) | Birth | Munro Chambers, Canadian Actor | |
| July 29th, 1992 (July 29 1992) | Death | Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1952) | |
| July 29th, 1991 (July 29 1991) | Birth | Miki Ishikawa, American actress | |
| July 29th, 1990 (July 29 1990) | Birth | Shari Ramunni, Chemist | |
| July 29th, 1990 (July 29 1990) | Death | Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (born in 1911) | |
| July 29th, 1987 (July 29 1987) | Event | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France Francois Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). | Margaret Thatcher Quotes |
| July 29th, 1987 (July 29 1987) | Event | Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issues. | |
| July 29th, 1987 (July 29 1987) | Birth | Sabra Johnson, Winner of SYTYCD Season 3, American dancer | |
| July 29th, 1987 (July 29 1987) | Death | Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (born in 1894) | |
| July 29th, 1984 (July 29 1984) | Birth | Chad Billingsley, American baseball player | |
| July 29th, 1984 (July 29 1984) | Death | Fred Waring, American band leader and inventor (born in 1900) | |
| July 29th, 1983 (July 29 1983) | Birth | Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player | |
| July 29th, 1983 (July 29 1983) | Death | Luis Bunuel, Spanish director (born in 1900) | Luis Bunuel Quotes |
| July 29th, 1983 (July 29 1983) | Death | Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (born in 1896) | |
| July 29th, 1983 (July 29 1983) | Death | David Niven, English actor (born in 1910) | |
| July 29th, 1982 (July 29 1982) | Birth | Janez Aljancic, Slovenian footballer | |
| July 29th, 1982 (July 29 1982) | Birth | Jonatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer | |
| July 29th, 1982 (July 29 1982) | Birth | Allison Mack, American actress | |
| July 29th, 1982 (July 29 1982) | Death | Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor (born in 1920) | |
| July 29th, 1982 (July 29 1982) | Death | Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (born in 1889) | |
| July 29th, 1981 (July 29 1981) | Event | Marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. | |
| July 29th, 1981 (July 29 1981) | Birth | Fernando Alonso, Spanish two time formula 1 world champion | |
| July 29th, 1981 (July 29 1981) | Birth | Andres Madrid, Argentine footballer | |
| July 29th, 1981 (July 29 1981) | Birth | Troy Perkins, American soccer player | |
| July 29th, 1981 (July 29 1981) | Death | Robert Moses, American urban planner (born in 1888) | |
| July 29th, 1980 (July 29 1980) | Birth | Ryan Braun, Canadian baseball player | |
| July 29th, 1980 (July 29 1980) | Birth | Fernando Gonzalez, Chilean tennis player | |
| July 29th, 1980 (July 29 1980) | Birth | Rachel Miner, American actress | |
| July 29th, 1979 (July 29 1979) | Birth | Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer | |
| July 29th, 1979 (July 29 1979) | Birth | Ronald Murray, American basketball player | Al Murray Quotes |
| July 29th, 1979 (July 29 1979) | Death | Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (born in 1898) | Philo Quotes |
| July 29th, 1979 (July 29 1979) | Death | Bill Todman, American television producer (born in 1916) | |
| July 29th, 1976 (July 29 1976) | Event | In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. | |
| July 29th, 1976 (July 29 1976) | Death | Mickey Cohen, American gangster (born in 1913) | |
| July 29th, 1975 (July 29 1975) | Birth | Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer | |
| July 29th, 1974 (July 29 1974) | Birth | Josh Radnor, American actor | |
| July 29th, 1974 (July 29 1974) | Death | Cass Elliot, American musician (born in 1941) | Cass Elliot Quotes |
| July 29th, 1974 (July 29 1974) | Death | Erich Kastner, German author (born in 1899) | |
| July 29th, 1973 (July 29 1973) | Birth | Stephen Dorff, American actor | |
| July 29th, 1973 (July 29 1973) | Birth | Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men) | |
| July 29th, 1973 (July 29 1973) | Death | Norm Smith, Australian rules footballer and coach (born in 1915) | |
| July 29th, 1973 (July 29 1973) | Death | Roger Williamson, English racing driver (born in 1948) | Roger Williams Quotes |
| July 29th, 1972 (July 29 1972) | Birth | Wil Wheaton, American actor | |
| July 29th, 1971 (July 29 1971) | Birth | Monica Calhoun, American actress | |
| July 29th, 1971 (July 29 1971) | Birth | Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer songwriter | |
| July 29th, 1970 (July 29 1970) | Death | John Barbirolli, English conductor (born in 1899) | |
| July 29th, 1969 (July 29 1969) | Birth | Adele Stevens, English model and erotic actress | |
| July 29th, 1968 (July 29 1968) | Birth | Paavo Lotjonen, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica | |
| July 29th, 1967 (July 29 1967) | Event | Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. | |
| July 29th, 1967 (July 29 1967) | Event | At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. | |
| July 29th, 1966 (July 29 1966) | Birth | Martina McBride, American singer | |
| July 29th, 1966 (July 29 1966) | Birth | Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor | |
| July 29th, 1965 (July 29 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. | |
| July 29th, 1965 (July 29 1965) | Birth | Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author | Ang Lee Quotes |
| July 29th, 1965 (July 29 1965) | Birth | Luis Alicea, baseball coach | |
| July 29th, 1965 (July 29 1965) | Birth | Dean Haglund, Canadian actor | |
| July 29th, 1964 (July 29 1964) | Death | Vean Gregg, American baseball player (born in 1885) | |
| July 29th, 1963 (July 29 1963) | Birth | Graham Poll, English football referee | |
| July 29th, 1963 (July 29 1963) | Birth | Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator | |
| July 29th, 1963 (July 29 1963) | Birth | Alexandra Paul, American actress | |
| July 29th, 1962 (July 29 1962) | Birth | Vincent Rousseau, Belgian athlete | |
| July 29th, 1962 (July 29 1962) | Birth | Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler | |
| July 29th, 1959 (July 29 1959) | Event | First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. | |
| July 29th, 1959 (July 29 1959) | Birth | Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor | |
| July 29th, 1959 (July 29 1959) | Birth | Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and artist | |
| July 29th, 1959 (July 29 1959) | Birth | Dave LaPoint, American baseball player | |
| July 29th, 1959 (July 29 1959) | Birth | John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang) | |
| July 29th, 1958 (July 29 1958) | Event | U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| July 29th, 1957 (July 29 1957) | Event | The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. | |
| July 29th, 1957 (July 29 1957) | Birth | Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast | |
| July 29th, 1957 (July 29 1957) | Birth | Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano | |
| July 29th, 1956 (July 29 1956) | Birth | Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator | |
| July 29th, 1956 (July 29 1956) | Birth | Ronnie Musgrove, Former Governor of Mississippi | |
| July 29th, 1955 (July 29 1955) | Birth | Dave Stevens, American illustrator | |
| July 29th, 1955 (July 29 1955) | Birth | Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor | |
| July 29th, 1954 (July 29 1954) | Death | Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (born in 1879) | |
| July 29th, 1953 (July 29 1953) | Birth | Ken Burns, American producer and director | |
| July 29th, 1953 (July 29 1953) | Birth | Geddy Lee, Canadian bassist and singer (Rush) | |
| July 29th, 1953 (July 29 1953) | Birth | Patti Scialfa, American singer, guitarist and songwriter | |
| July 29th, 1953 (July 29 1953) | Birth | Tim Gunn, American television personality | |
| July 29th, 1951 (July 29 1951) | Birth | Dan Driessen, American baseball player | |
| July 29th, 1950 (July 29 1950) | Death | Joe Fry, British racing driver (born in 1915) | |
| July 29th, 1948 (July 29 1948) | Event | Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV OlympiadAfter a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin opened in London. | |
| July 29th, 1947 (July 29 1947) | Birth | Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (died in 2006) | |
| July 29th, 1946 (July 29 1946) | Birth | Neal Doughty, American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon) | |
| July 29th, 1946 (July 29 1946) | Birth | Diane Keen, English actress | |
| July 29th, 1945 (July 29 1945) | Event | The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. | |
| July 29th, 1943 (July 29 1943) | Birth | David Taylor, English snooker player | |
| July 29th, 1942 (July 29 1942) | Birth | Tony Sirico, American actor | |
| July 29th, 1941 (July 29 1941) | Birth | Jennifer Dunn, American politician (died in 2007) | |
| July 29th, 1941 (July 29 1941) | Birth | David Warner, English actor | |
| July 29th, 1938 (July 29 1938) | Birth | Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist (died in 2005) | Peter Jennings Quotes |
| July 29th, 1938 (July 29 1938) | Birth | Jean Rochon, Quebec politician | |
| July 29th, 1938 (July 29 1938) | Death | Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (born in 1885) | |
| July 29th, 1937 (July 29 1937) | Event | Tongzhou Incident | |
| July 29th, 1937 (July 29 1937) | Birth | Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate | |
| July 29th, 1936 (July 29 1936) | Birth | Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina | |
| July 29th, 1935 (July 29 1935) | Birth | Peter Schreier, German tenor | |
| July 29th, 1934 (July 29 1934) | Death | Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1883) | |
| July 29th, 1933 (July 29 1933) | Birth | Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager | |
| July 29th, 1933 (July 29 1933) | Birth | Colin Davis, British racing driver | |
| July 29th, 1933 (July 29 1933) | Birth | Robert Fuller, American actor | |
| July 29th, 1932 (July 29 1932) | Event | Great Depression: In Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. | |
| July 29th, 1932 (July 29 1932) | Birth | Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas | |
| July 29th, 1930 (July 29 1930) | Birth | Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer | |
| July 29th, 1929 (July 29 1929) | Birth | Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher | Philo Quotes |
| July 29th, 1927 (July 29 1927) | Birth | Harry Mulisch, Dutch author | |
| July 29th, 1925 (July 29 1925) | Birth | Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer | |
| July 29th, 1925 (July 29 1925) | Birth | Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player | |
| July 29th, 1924 (July 29 1924) | Birth | Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (died in 2005) | |
| July 29th, 1924 (July 29 1924) | Birth | Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (died in 1947) | |
| July 29th, 1923 (July 29 1923) | Birth | Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall Amplification | |
| July 29th, 1923 (July 29 1923) | Birth | Gordon Mitchell, American actor (died in 2003) | |
| July 29th, 1921 (July 29 1921) | Event | Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| July 29th, 1921 (July 29 1921) | Birth | Richard Egan, American actor (died in 1987) | |
| July 29th, 1920 (July 29 1920) | Event | Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. | |
| July 29th, 1920 (July 29 1920) | Birth | Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (died in 1974) | |
| July 29th, 1920 (July 29 1920) | Birth | Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (died in 2007) | |
| July 29th, 1918 (July 29 1918) | Birth | Edwin O Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (died in 1968) | |
| July 29th, 1918 (July 29 1918) | Death | Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (born in 1863) | |
| July 29th, 1916 (July 29 1916) | Birth | Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (died in 1942) | |
| July 29th, 1916 (July 29 1916) | Birth | Budd Boetticher, American film director (died in 2001) | |
| July 29th, 1915 (July 29 1915) | Birth | Francis W. Sargent, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1998) | |
| July 29th, 1914 (July 29 1914) | Birth | Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian | |
| July 29th, 1913 (July 29 1913) | Birth | Erich Priebke, Nazi war criminal | |
| July 29th, 1913 (July 29 1913) | Death | Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (born in 1838) | |
| July 29th, 1911 (July 29 1911) | Birth | Foster Furcolo, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1995) | |
| July 29th, 1911 (July 29 1911) | Birth | Iakovos, Archbishop of America (died in 2005) | |
| July 29th, 1907 (July 29 1907) | Event | Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of Englandied in The camp ran from August 1-9, 1907, and is regarded as the founding of the Scouting movement. | Robert South Quotes |
| July 29th, 1907 (July 29 1907) | Birth | Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (died in 1996) | |
| July 29th, 1906 (July 29 1906) | Birth | Diana Vreeland, French-born fashion editor (died in 1989) | |
| July 29th, 1905 (July 29 1905) | Birth | Clara Bow, American actress (died in 1965) | |
| July 29th, 1905 (July 29 1905) | Birth | Dag Hammarskjold, Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1961) | Dag Hammarskjold Quotes |
| July 29th, 1905 (July 29 1905) | Birth | Thelma Todd, American actress (died in 1935) | |
| July 29th, 1905 (July 29 1905) | Birth | Stanley Kunitz, American poet (died in 2006) | |
| July 29th, 1904 (July 29 1904) | Birth | J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (died in 1993) | |
| July 29th, 1900 (July 29 1900) | Event | In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci. | |
| July 29th, 1900 (July 29 1900) | Birth | Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1976) | |
| July 29th, 1900 (July 29 1900) | Birth | Don Redman, American musician (died in 1964) | |
| July 29th, 1900 (July 29 1900) | Death | King Umberto I of Italy (born in 1844) | |
| July 29th, 1899 (July 29 1899) | Event | The First Hague Convention is signed. | |
| July 29th, 1899 (July 29 1899) | Birth | Walter Beall, American baseball player (died in 1959) | |
| July 29th, 1898 (July 29 1898) | Birth | Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (died in 1988) | Isidor Isaac Rabi Quotes |
| July 29th, 1897 (July 29 1897) | Birth | Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (died in 1983) | |
| July 29th, 1892 (July 29 1892) | Birth | William Powell, American actor (died in 1984) | |
| July 29th, 1890 (July 29 1890) | Death | Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (born in 1853) | Vincent Van Gogh Quotes |
| July 29th, 1887 (July 29 1887) | Birth | Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (died in 1951) | |
| July 29th, 1887 (July 29 1887) | Death | Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (died in 1813) | |
| July 29th, 1885 (July 29 1885) | Birth | Theda Bara, American film actress (died in 1955) | |
| July 29th, 1884 (July 29 1884) | Birth | Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (died in 1975) | |
| July 29th, 1883 (July 29 1883) | Birth | Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (died in 1942) | |
| July 29th, 1883 (July 29 1883) | Birth | Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (died in 1945) | Benito Mussolini Quotes |
| July 29th, 1878 (July 29 1878) | Birth | Don Marquis, American author (died in 1937) | Don Marquis Quotes |
| July 29th, 1876 (July 29 1876) | Birth | Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born actress (died in 1949) | |
| July 29th, 1874 (July 29 1874) | Birth | James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (died in 1942) | James Wood Quotes |
| July 29th, 1872 (July 29 1872) | Birth | Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (died in 1957) | |
| July 29th, 1869 (July 29 1869) | Birth | Booth Tarkington, American author (died in 1946) | |
| July 29th, 1864 (July 29 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. | |
| July 29th, 1858 (July 29 1858) | Event | United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. | |
| July 29th, 1857 (July 29 1857) | Death | Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (born in 1774) | |
| July 29th, 1856 (July 29 1856) | Death | Robert Schumann, German composer (born in 1810) | |
| July 29th, 1851 (July 29 1851) | Event | Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. | |
| July 29th, 1849 (July 29 1849) | Birth | Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (died in 1923) | |
| July 29th, 1848 (July 29 1848) | Event | Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary RevoltIn Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police. | |
| July 29th, 1847 (July 29 1847) | Event | Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States. | |
| July 29th, 1844 (July 29 1844) | Death | Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (born in 1791) | |
| July 29th, 1843 (July 29 1843) | Birth | Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (died in 1901) | |
| July 29th, 1839 (July 29 1839) | Death | Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (born in 1755) | |
| July 29th, 1836 (July 29 1836) | Event | Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. | |
| July 29th, 1833 (July 29 1833) | Death | William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (born in 1759) | |
| July 29th, 1830 (July 29 1830) | Event | Abdication of Charles X of France. | |
| July 29th, 1813 (July 29 1813) | Death | Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (born in 1771) | |
| July 29th, 1805 (July 29 1805) | Birth | Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (died in 1859) | Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes |
| July 29th, 1801 (July 29 1801) | Birth | George Bradshaw, English publisher (died in 1853) | |
| July 29th, 1797 (July 29 1797) | Birth | Daniel Drew, American financier (died in 1879) | |
| July 29th, 1793 (July 29 1793) | Event | John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there. | |
| July 29th, 1792 (July 29 1792) | Death | Rene Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (born in 1714) | |
| July 29th, 1781 (July 29 1781) | Death | Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (born in 1713) | |
| July 29th, 1763 (July 29 1763) | Birth | Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (died in 1845) | |
| July 29th, 1752 (July 29 1752) | Death | Peter Warren, British admiral | |
| July 29th, 1693 (July 29 1693) | Event | War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of LandenFrance wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands. | |
| July 29th, 1644 (July 29 1644) | Death | Pope Urban VIII (born in 1568) | |
| July 29th, 1612 (July 29 1612) | Death | Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (born in 1554) | |
| July 29th, 1605 (July 29 1605) | Birth | Simon Dach, German poet (died in 1659) | |
| July 29th, 1588 (July 29 1588) | Event | Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of GravelinesEnglish naval forces under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France. | |
| July 29th, 1567 (July 29 1567) | Event | James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling. | |
| July 29th, 1565 (July 29 1565) | Event | Mary Queen of Scots, widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. | |
| July 29th, 1507 (July 29 1507) | Death | Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (born in 1459) | |
| July 29th, 1166 (July 29 1166) | Birth | Henry II of Champagne (died in 1197) | |
| July 29th, 1108 (July 29 1108) | Death | Philip I of France (born in 1052) | |
| July 29th, 1099 (July 29 1099) | Death | Pope Urban II (born in 1042) | |
| July 29th, 1030 (July 29 1030) | Event | Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of StiklestadKing Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes. | |
| July 29th, 1030 (July 29 1030) | Death | Olaf II of Norway (born in 995) | |
| July 29th, 1014 (July 29 1014) | Event | 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 29th, 0238 (July 29 0238) | Death | Pupienus, Roman Emperor | |
| July 29th, 0238 (July 29 0238) | Death | Balbinus, Roman Emperor | |
