On this day in History - May 29

• 0757 - Paul I succeeds Stephen III as pope
• 1167 - Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
• 1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark dies (b. 1219)
• 1379 - King Henry II of Castile dies (b. 1334)
• 1405 - Philippe de Mézières dies. Advisor to Charles V of France
• 1414 - Council of Constance.
• 1453 - Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine empire.
• 1453 - Constantine XI Palaeologus dies (b. 1404). Last Byzantine emperor.
• 1453 - Constantinopla é conquistada pelos Turcos, que lhe dão o nome de Istambul. É o fim do Império Bizantino. Marca, na cronologia histórica, a passagem da Idade Média para a Idade Moderna
• 1500 - Bartolomeu Dias dies. Portuguese explorer.
• 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, was born (d. 1632). Bavarian general.
• 1630 - King Charles II of England was born (d. 1685)
• 1660 - English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England.
• 1660 - A monarquia inglesa é restaurada na pessoa de Carlos II, representante da dinastia Stuart. O rei casará mais tarde com a infanta portuguesa D. Catarina de Bragança, filha de D. João IV.
• 1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians.
• 1716 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was born (d. 1 Jan 1800). French naturalist who was a prolific pioneer in the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology
• 1727 - Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
• 1733 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.
• 1736 - Patrick Henry was born (d. 1799). American patriot.
• 1765 - O czar Pedro II assume o trono da Rússia.
• 1767 - Philippe Lebon was born (d. 2 Dec 1804). French engineer and chemist, inventor of illuminating gas
• 1781 - Henri Braconnot was born (d. 13 Jan 1855). French chemist known for isolating glucose, a simple sugar, directly from such plant material as sawdust, linen or bark by boiling them with acid (1819).
• 1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitutionand is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
• 1791 - Revolução francesa: fala-se pela primeira vez no lema Liberdade, Igualdade, Fraternidade, na Sociedade de Amigos dos Direitos Humanos.
• 1794 - Johann Heinrich von Mädler was born (d. 14 Mar 1874). German astronomer who (with Wilhelm Beer) published the most complete map of the Moon of the time, Mappa Selenographica, 4 vol. (1834-36).
• 1794 - Antoine A. B. Bussy was borb (d. 1 Feb 1882). French chemist.
• 1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais dies (b. 1763). Empress of France.
• 1829 - Sir Humphry Davy dies (b. 17 Dec 1778). English chemist who discovered several chemical elements and compounds, invented the miner's safety lamp, and epitomized the scientific method
• 1848 - Criação da Carbonaria Lusitânia, sociedade secreta, fundada em Coimbra, defensora do regime republicano.
• 1848 - Wisonsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
• 1855 - Sir David Bruce was born (d. 27 Nov 1931). English pathologist and microbiologist who investigated the Malta-fever and trypanosomes, identifying the cause of sleeping sickness.
• 1857 - Charles Richard Van Hise was born (d. 19 Nov 1918). American geologist who conducted basic geological studies of the Precambrian
• 1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
• 1860 - Isaac Albéniz was born (d. 1909). Spanish composer.
• 1863 - Arthur Mold was born (d. 1921). Controversial Lancashire fast bowler and alleged "chucker".
• 1866 - Winfield Scott dies (b. 1786). American general and presidential candidate.
• 1866 - Henry Darwin Rogers dies (b. 1 Aug 1808). American structural geologist who contributed much to the theory of mountain building through his studies of the geology of Pennsylvania.
• 1867 - Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary
• 1874 - G. K. Chesterton was born (d. 1936). English novelist.
• 1880 - Oswald Spengler was born (d. 1936). German philosopher
• 1883 - Thomas A. Edison received a series of patent for some of his electrical inventions
• 1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
• 1886 - Putney Bridge opened in west London.
• 1887 - Louis Leon Thurstone was born (d. 29 Sep 1955). American psychologist who improved psychometrics, the measurement of mental functions, and developed statistical techniques for multiple-factor analysis of performance on psychological tests
• 1892 - Bahá'u'lláh dies (b. 1817). Founder of the Bahá'í Faith.
• 1893 - Max Brand was born (d. 1944). American author, war correspondent
• 1894 - Beatrice Lillie was born (d. 1989). Canadian actress.
• 1894 - Josef von Sternberg was born (d. 1969). Austrian-American writer, director
• 1896 - Gabriel-Auguste Daubrée dies (b. 25 June 1814). French geochemist and a pioneer in the application of experimental methods to the study of diverse geologic phenomena.
• 1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold was born (d. 1957). Austrian composer.
• 1897 - Julius von Sachs dies (b. 2 Oct 1832). German botanist who studied plant physiology during the second half of the 19th century.
• 1902 - João Norte was born. Portuguese actor.
• 1903 - Bob Hope was born (d. 2003). British-born American comedian and actor.
• 1903 - Alexander Obrenovich dies (b. 1876). King of Serbia
• 1906 - T.H. White was born (d. 1964). British author.
• 1906 - Giovanni Giolitti assume (pela 3º vez) o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Itália.
• 1906 - Salomon Arvid Achates Lindman assume o cargo de primeiro-ministro da Suécia
• 1908 - William Arnold Anthony dies (b. 17 Nov 1835). American physicist and pioneer in the teaching of electrical engineering in the United States
• 1910 - Mily Balakirev dies (b. 1837). Russian composer.
• 1911 - 1st running of Indianapolis 500
• 1911 - Teófilo Braga é proclamado presidente da República, em substituição de Manuel de Arriaga, que se tinha demitido do cargo. Completará o mandato deste até 5 de Outubro de 1815.
• 1912 - Chien-Shiung Wu was born (d. 16 Feb 1997). Chinese-born American physicist who provided the first experimental proof (1956) that parity is not conserved in weak subatomic interactions of nuclear beta decay
• 1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.
• 1914 - Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.
• 1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay was born (d. 1986)
• 1914 - Eduard Pestel was born (d. 1988). Scientist and engineer.
• 1915 - Karl Münchinger was born (d. 190). German conductor.
• 1915 - William S. Gilbert dies (b. 1836). English dramatist.
• 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born (d. 1963). 35th President of the United States.
• 1918 - Vitorino de Magalhães Godinho was born. Portuguese historian.
• 1918 - Santa-Rita Pintor dies. Portuguese painter.
• 1919 - Observation of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse confirm Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (see Arthur Eddington).
• 1922 - Ecuador becomes independent
• 1922 - António Campos was born. Portuguese film director.
• 1922 - Iannis Xenakis was born in Braila Romania (d. 2001). Composer.
• 1925 - Eduardo Brasão dies. Portuguese theatre entrepreneur and actor.
• 1929 - Peter Higgs was born. English theoretical physicist
• 1932 - Paul R. Ehrlich was born. American biologist and educator who in 1990 shared Sweden's Crafoord Prize (established in 1980 and awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, to support those areas of science not covered by the Nobel Prizes) with biologist E.O. Wilson.
• 1933 - John Mayall was born. Musician
• 1933 - Helmuth Rilling was born. German conductor
• 1933 - Edward Whittemore was born. Writer
• 1935 - Josef Suk ies (b. 1874). Czech composer and violinist.
• 1938 - Fay Vincent was born. Former commissioner of baseball
• 1939 - Al Unser was born. Race car driver
• 1940 - Farooq Leghari s born. Former President of Pakistan
• 1942 - Kevin Conway was born. Actor
• 1942 - John Barrymore dies (b. 1882). Actor.
• 1944 - Helmut Berger was born. Actor
• 1946 - Fernando Buesa was born (d. 2000). Basque politician.
• 1948 - Anthony Geary was born. Actor
• 1948 - Dame May Whitty dies (b. 1865). Actress.
• 1950 - St. Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
• 1951 - Fanny Brice dies (b. 1891). American singer, comedienne, and actress.
• 1953 - Man Mountain Dean dies (b. 1891). Professional wrestler.
• 1953 - Edmund Hillary e Narkey Tensing escalam, pela primeira vez, o monte Everest (tecto do Mundo com 8848 m de altitude), nos Himalaias.
• 1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 1953 - Danny Elfman was born. Composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo")
• 1955 - John Hinckley Jr. was born. Assassin (attempted)
• 1956 - LaToya Jackson was born. Musician
• 1957 - Jeb Hensarling was born. American politician
• 1957 - Jean-Christophe Yoccoz was born. French mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 1994 for his work in dynamical systems. Such studies began with Poincaré about the turn of the 20th century, who considered the stability of the solar system.
• 1958 - Annette Bening was born. Actress
• 1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez dies (b. 1881). Spanish poet (Nobel 1956).
• 1958 - Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Champions Cup in Brussels
• 1959 - Adrian Paul was born. Actor
• 1959 - Rupert Everett was born. Actor
• 1959 - Charles de Gaulle forms French government
• 1961 - Melissa Etheridge was born. U.S. singer, songwriter, guitarist (Never Enough) .
• 1961 - David Palmer was born. Heavy metal drummer (ABC, AC/DC)
• 1961 - Arnold Gesell dies (b. 21 June 1880). American psychologist and pediatrician who pioneered the use of motion-picture cameras (1926) to study the physical and mental development of normal infants and children
• 1963 - Lisa Whelchel was born. Actress.
• 1963 - Debora Bloch was born. Brazilian actress.
• 1965 - Emilio Sanchez was born in Madrid Spain, Tennis player (1988 Olympic bronze)
• 1967 - Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
• 1967 - Noel Gallagher was born. Musician
• 1968 - Manchester United wins 13rd Europe Champions Cup in London beating Benfica in extra-time 4-1 (after 1-1 at 90' minutes) .
• 1969 - Estoura em Córdoba (Argentina) um movimento de trabalhadores e estudantes, conhecido como o Cordobazo, , que causou a morte de 14 pessoas.
• 1970 - É sequestrado e depois assassinado o ex-presidente argentino Pedro Eugenio Aramburu, por um grupo denominado os Montoneros.
• 1970 - Roberto Di Matteo was born. Swiss footballer.
• 1975 - Melanie Brown was born. Musician, actress .
• 1975 - Danton Mello was born. Brazilian actor
• 1977 - Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.
• 1979 - Mary Pickford dies (b. 1892). Actress and studio founder.
• 1980 - Morreu o cantor português Max [Maximiano de Sousa] (nasceu no Funchal em 1918) .Foi uma das mais populares vedetas da rádio, do teatro e da televisão portuguesa, desde os anos quarenta até à sua morte em 1980. Quem não se lembra de “Noites da Madeira”, “Bailinho da Madeira” ou “A Mula da Cooperativa”.
• 1982 - Romy Schneider dies (cardiac arrest) (b. 1938) . Actress
• 1984 - Carmelo Anthony was born. NBA basketball player
• 1985 - Juventus wins 30th Europe Champions Cup in Brussels
• 1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match.
• 1985 - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia after 14 months.
• 1989 - John Cipollina dies (b. 24 Aug 1943). American musician, Quicksilver Messenger Service
• 1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
• 1991 - Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Champions Cup .
• 1991 - Presidente Franjo Tudjman proclama a independência da Croácia
• 1994 - Erich Honecker dies (b. 1912). Leader of East Germany .
• 1994 - Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election
• 1996 - Jeremy Sinden dies at 45. Actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem).
• 1996 - Benjamín Netanyahu, líder do partido conservador Likud, é eleito primeiro-ministro de Israel.
• 1997 - Jeff Buckley dies (b. 1966). Musician
• 1998 - Barry M. Goldwater dies (b. 1909). American politician, Arizona Senator.
• 1998 - China assina o Protocolo de Kyoto.
• 1999 - In Jerusalem, Israel, Charlotte Nilsson wins the forty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Take Me To Your Heaven".
• 1999 - João Carlos de Oliveira (João do Pulo) dies (b. 28 May 1954). Brazilian athlet, World Champion recordist and two goldem medals in Olympics.
• 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo assume a presidência da Nigéria tornando-se o primeiro civil a ocupar o cargo após 15 anos de regimes militares.
• 1999 - Primeiras eleições presidenciais na Eslováquia
• 2000 - Alberto Fujimori se declara presidente eleito do Peru antes da data oficial, e seu opositor, Alejandro Toledo convoca uma marcha pacífica para anular as eleições.
• 2002 - O suíço Joseph Blatter é reeleito presidente da FIFA
• 2002 - A russa Oxana Fedorova é eleita Miss Universo em San Juan - Porto Rico
• 2004 - Sam Dash dies (b. 1925). Chief counsel to Senate Watergate Committee.
• 2004 - Archibald Cox, Jr. dies (b. 1912). Watergate special prosecutor.
• 2004 - O Paris Saint-Germain vence por 1-0 o Chateauroux e conquista a Taça de França em Futebol.
• 2005 - O Vitória de Setúbal ganha pela 3ª. vez na sua história a Taça de Portugal ao derrotar o Benfica na final no Jamor, por 2-1.
• 29 Maio - Dia Internacional das Forças de Manutenção da Paz das Nações Unidas
• Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'llah
• England: Oak Apple Day
• Nigeria: Democracy Day Nigeria returns to democratical form of governance after 16 years of military dictatorship.