On This Day in History for May 29
Events in History
- 363 Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city
- 757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
- 1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) submits himself to Pope Innocentius II
- 1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: Holy Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
- 1176 Battle at Legnano: Lombard League beats Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire
- 1233 Chinese city of Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, surrenders to the Mongols under General Subedei after a siege of more than a year
- 1328 French King Philip VI of Valois crowned at the Cathedral in Reims, France
- 1415 Pope John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa] formally deposed as Pope at the Conference of Constance, Germany, after he had fled the town in disguise
- More Events in History
Charles II
Patrick Henry
T. H. White
Tenzing Norgay
John F. KennedyWeddings in History
- 1506 Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
- 1849 Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (26) weds secretary Marie Laurent (23) in Strasbourg, France
- 1884 Irish writer Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London
More Weddings & Divorces in History
Bartolomeu Dias
Manuel NoriegaMay in History
On Computable Numbers
On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem, by Alan Turing
May 28, 1936Tenzing Norgay on the Summit of Mount Everest
Tenzing Norgay brandishes his ice axe on the summit of Mount Everest
May 29, 1953Voltaire: Writer, Wit, Philosopher and Rebel
They burned his books, sent him to the Bastille and into exile, but Voltaire, who died on this day, remained rich, successful – and defiant.
May 30, 1778Hernando de Soto's Expedition lands in Florida
Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto lands on the coast of Florida, somewhere between present-day Tampa Bay and Charlotte Harbor
May 30, 1539
