On This Day in History for March 29
Events in History
- 502 King Gundobar of Burgundy delegates royal power
- 845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving
- 1461 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Duke Edward of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou and proclaims himself as King Edward IV
- 1549 The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded
- 1632 Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returns Quebec to French control after the English seized it in 1629
- 1638 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
- 1673 English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholics excluded from public functions
- 1792 King gustav iii of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
- More Events in History
John Tyler
Edward Smith-Stanley
Lavrentiy Beria
Eugene McCarthy
Sam Walton
John MajorWeddings in History
- 1797 Writer Mary Wollstonecraft marries philopher and journalist William Godwin
- 1813 John Tyler (23) later 10th US President, marries 1st wife Letitia Christian Tyler (22)
- 1943 Author John Steinbeck (41) weds Gwyndolyn Conger
More Weddings in History
Gustav III
John Jacob Astor
Mark Hopkins
Georges Seurat
Robert Falcon ScottMarch in History
Astor, The First Multi-Millionaire Businessman
John Jacob Astor made a staggering fortune by monopolizing the American fur trade, but his methods – ruthless and sometimes illegal – have drawn criticism.
March 29, 1848
Niagara Falls Stops Flowing
The flow of water stops completely over both of Niagara's two falls due to an ice jam in the upper river
March 29, 1848
Terracotta Army Discovered
The Terracotta army standing guarding at the tomb of China's 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang
March 29, 1974
When The Bells Rang Out For Freedom
It became known as the War of the Vespers – an uprising by Sicilians against their French oppressors that began at a church and was to leave two thousand dead
March 30, 1282