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

Found 54 events. Showing 1 - 30.

• 502

  King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws.
• 1430

  The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures the Byzantine city of Thessalonica.
• 1461

  Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
• 1500

  Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna.
• 1549

  The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
• 1632

  Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
• 1638

  Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
• 1683

  Yaoya Oshichi, 15-year-old Japanese girl, burnt at the stake for an act of arson committed due to unrequited love.
• 1792

  King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm’s Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
• 1806

  Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
• 1809

  King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland’s four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.
• 1831

  Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
• 1847

  Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
• 1849

  The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
• 1857

  Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company’s rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.
• 1865

  American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
• 1867

  Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
• 1871

  The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
• 1879

  Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
• 1882

  The Knights of Columbus are established.
• 1886

  Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta.
• 1911

  The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
• 1930

  Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
• 1936

  In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany’s illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
• 1941

  The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
• 1941

  World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
• 1942

  The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
• 1945

  World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
• 1945

  World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
• 1946

  Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico’s leading universities, is founded.

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