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The following events took place on July 29. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 47 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 238

  The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
• 615

  Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.
• 904

  Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire’s second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
• 1014

  Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
• 1018

  Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.
• 1030

  Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
• 1148

  The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.
• 1565

  The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
• 1567

  James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
• 1588

  Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
• 1693

  War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
• 1836

  Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
• 1848

  Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
• 1851

  Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
• 1858

  United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• 1864

  American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• 1899

  The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 1900

  In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• 1907

  Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• 1913

  The Norwegian football club Vålerenga Fotball was founded.
• 1914

  The Cape Cod Canal opened.
• 1920

  Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
• 1921

  Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
• 1932

  Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans.
• 1937

  Tōngzhōu Incident: In Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
• 1945

  The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
• 1948

  Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• 1950

  Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.
• 1957

  The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
• 1958

  U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

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