An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 29 April 0801Notable Event
Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 29 April 10911091 battle of the Komnenian Restoration
Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.📜 WARS🌍 FRANCE🗓️ 29 April 1429French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431)
Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.📜 WARS🌍 GLOBAL🗓️ 29 April 15211521–1523 Swedish rebellion against King Christian II
French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 29 April 1760Part of the Seven Years War
James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 29 April 1770British explorer and naval officer (1728–1779)
American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.📜 INDIAN ARMY🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 29 April 17811775–1783 conflict in North America
The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 AUSTRALIA🗓️ 29 April 1826Radio galaxy in the constellation Centaurus
Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland’s House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 29 April 1861
American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck moves to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard.📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 29 April 18621862 battle of the American Civil War
American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.📜 POLITICS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 29 April 18621861–1865 conflict in the United States
Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute📜 WARS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 29 April 1864American college social fraternity
A landslide kills 70 people in Frank📜 HISTORY🌍 CANADA🗓️ 29 April 1903Rockslide, buried part of Frank, Canada (1903)
The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People’s Budget📜 HISTORY🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 29 April 1910Supreme legislative body of the United Kingdom
Easter Rising: After six days of fighting📜 WARS🌍 UNITED KINGDOM🗓️ 29 April 19161916 armed insurrection in Ireland
World War I: The UK’s 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.📜 HISTORY🌍 INDIA🗓️ 29 April 19161914–1918 global conflict
Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.📜 HISTORICAL EVENTS🌍 UNITED STATES🗓️ 29 April 1945Nazi concentration camp in Germany (1933–1945)