May 29 in History

Historical Events on May 29

363

The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
1108

Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
1167

Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
1176

Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
1328

Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1453

Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660

English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1727

Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1733

The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
1780

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
1790

Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
1798

United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
1807

Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1848

Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1852

Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
1861

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
1864

Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867

The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1868

Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
1886

The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
1900

N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
1903

In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1913

Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
1914

The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
1918

Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
1919

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
1931

Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
1932

World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
1935

First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
1945

First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
1950

The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1953

Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1964

The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1973

Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
1982

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
1982

Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
1985

Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
1985

Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1988

The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
1989

Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
1990

The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1993

The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
1999

Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
1999

Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004

The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2008

A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
2012

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

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