On this day: 29 July
Events, births and deaths on 29 July. Every date is checked against Wikidata.
Years ago today
1 year ago2025
- Deaths · Alon Abutbul
10 years ago2016
Nothing recorded for that year.
100 years ago1926
Within 10 years of that
- 1929 · Births · Jean Baudrillard
- 1927 · Births · Harry Mulisch
- 1925 · Births · Mikis Theodorakis
1000 years ago1026
Within 100 years of that
- 1099 · Deaths · Urban II
- 1108 · Deaths · Philip I of France
- 1095 · Deaths · Ladislaus I of Hungary
Events · 21
- 923(Julian date)Battle of Firenzuola — 923 battle
- 1014Battle of Kleidion — 1014 battle of the Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars
- 1018(Julian date)Battle of Vlaardingen — battle in 1018
- 1030Battle of Stiklestad — battle in Trøndelag, Norway
- 1693Battle of Landen — 1693 battle of the Nine Years' War
- 1848Young Ireland rebellion — 1848 Irish nationalist uprising
- 1858Treaty of Amity and Commerce — Treaty between the United States and Japan
- 1937Tungchow Mutiny — assault on Japanese civilians and troops
- 1945BBC Light Programme — former British national radio station (1945–1967)
- 19481948 Summer Olympics — Games of the XIV Olympiad, in London, Great Britain
- 1958National Aeronautics and Space Administration — American space and aeronautics agency
- 19671967 USS Forrestal fire — unintended launch of a Zuni rocket from a F-4B Phantom, resulting in a fire which caused the deaths of 134 sailors and pilots onboard the aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin in 1967
- 19731973 Dutch Grand Prix — Formula One motor race held in 1973
- 1973Greek republic referendum, 1973 — on becoming a republic
- 1980flag of Iran — flag of the Islamic Republic of Iran
- 1981wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer — July 1981 wedding of the British heir apparent Charles, Princes of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer
- 2013Granges-près-Marnand train crash — Major Swiss public transportation accident
- 2015Windows 10 — personal computer operating system by Microsoft that was released in 2015
- 2018July 2018 Lombok earthquake — earthquake that occurred in July 2018 in Indonesia
- 20192019 Altamira prison riot — prison riot
- 20242024 Southport stabbings — 2024 stabbing attack in Southport, United Kingdom
Births · 60
- 869(Julian date)Muhammad al-Mahdi — twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
- 1166(Julian date)Henry II, Count of Champagne — Count of Champagne from 1181 to 1197, and King of Jerusalem from 1192 to 1197
- 1605Simon Dach — German writer
- 1805Alexis de Tocqueville — French political thinker and historian, minister of Foreign Affairs (1805-1859)
- 1817Ivan Aivazovsky — Russian marine painter (1817–1900)
- 1841Gerhard Armauer Hansen — Norwegian physician
- 1846Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil — Princess Imperial of the Empire of Brazil (1846-1921)
- 1849Max Nordau — Hungarian Zionist leader, physician, author, and social critic (1849–1923)
- 1869Booth Tarkington — American novelist (1869–1946)
- 1876Maria Ouspenskaya — Russian actress (1876-1949)
- 1883Benito Mussolini — dictator of Italy from 1922 to 1945
- 1885Theda Bara — American actress (1885–1955)
- 1887Mamoru Shigemitsu — Japanese diplomat and politician (1887–1957)
- 1892William Powell — American actor (1892–1984)
- 1898Isidor Isaac Rabi — American physicist (1898–1988)
- 1900Eyvind Johnson — Swedish writer (1900–1976)
- 1904JRD Tata — French‑born Indian industrialist (1904–1993)
- 1905Dag Hammarskjöld — Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905–1961)
- 1905Clara Bow — American actress (1905–1965)
- 1906Thelma Todd — American actress (1906-1935)
- 1913Erich Priebke — Hauptsturmführer (Captain) in the Waffen SS, convicted of war crimes in Italy (1913-2013)
- 1917Rochus Misch — German SS non-commissioned officer (1917–2013)
- 1921Chris Marker — French filmmaker (1921–2012)
- 1925Mikis Theodorakis — Greek composer (1925–2021)
- 1927Harry Mulisch — Dutch writer (1927–2010)
Deaths · 60
- 238(Julian date)Pupienus — Roman Emperor
- 238(Julian date)Balbinus — Roman Emperor (178-238)
- 796(Julian date)Offa of Mercia — King of Mercia
- 1030Olaf II of Norway — King of Norway from 1015 to 1028
- 1095(Julian date)Ladislaus I of Hungary — King of Hungary from 1077 to 1095
- 1099(Julian date)Urban II — 11th century pope and initiator of the Crusades
- 1108(Julian date)Philip I of France — king of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
- 1236(Julian date)Ingeborg of Denmark, Queen of France — Queen Consort of France
- 1507(Julian date)Martin Behaim — German navigator and geographer to the King of Portugal (1459–1507)
- 1616Tang Xianzu — Chinese playwright (1550-1616)
- 1644Urban VIII — 235 pope of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 (1568–1644)
- 1792René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou — French politician (1714-1792)
- 1813Jean-Andoche Junot — French general (1771–1813)
- 1833William Wilberforce — English politician and abolitionist (1759–1833)
- 1839Gaspard de Prony — French mathematician and engineer, who worked on hydraulics (1755-1839)
- 1844Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart — Austrian composer, teacher and performer; youngest son of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1791-1844)
- 1856Robert Schumann — German composer, pianist and critic (1810–1856)
- 1857Charles Lucien Bonaparte — French noble, biologist, politician and art collector (1803–1857)
- 1887Agostino Depretis — Italian politician (1813–1887)
- 1890Vincent van Gogh — Dutch painter (1853–1890)
- 1895Floriano Peixoto — Brazilian politician (1839-1895)
- 1900Umberto I of Italy — king of Italy (1844-1900)
- 1913Tobias Asser — Dutch lawyer and legal scholar (1838-1913)
- 1938Nikolai Krylenko — Russian revolutionary, politician and chess organiser (1885-1938)
- 1950Joe Fry — British racing driver
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