Today in History on This Day Tuesday 29th July 2014 Historical Events Events 1 - 15 of 192 362 - Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws 626 - Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople 904 - Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli 1014 - Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies 1030 - Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim) 1179 - Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III 1560 - Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden 1563 - League of High Nobles routes King Philip II 1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scots at Stirling. 1579 - Antwerp request union with Utrecht 1579 - King Philip II arrests plotters Antonio Perez & princess van Eboli 1585 - Friese academy opens 1588 - The Battle of Gravelines - Spanish Armada damaged & scattered by the English fleet 1588 - Duke Farneses troops ready for invasion of England 1609 - Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years Famous Birthdays Born Today Italian Dictator Benito MussoliniItalian Dictator Benito Mussolini (1883) Birthdays 1 - 15 1166 - Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197) 1590 - Gilles Hayne, composer 1605 - Simon Dach, German poet 1620 - Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat 1646 - Johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve) 1723 - Christleib Siegmund Binder, composer 1739 - Johannes Ritschel, composer 1755 - Franz Gotz, composer 1758 - Antonius van Gils, Dutch RC theologist (opposed Enlightenment) 1778 - Carl Borromaus Neuner, composer 1797 - Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879) 1801 - George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853) 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, France, statesman/writer (Democracy in America) 1817 - James Blair Steedman, Major General (Union volunteers), died in 1883 1820 - Clement Laird Vallandigham, MC (Union), died in 1871 Famous Weddings Weddings 1 - 9 1565 - Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley 1914 - Mountain climber George Mallory (28) weds Ruth Mallory 1934 - Titanic actress Gloria Stuart (24) weds screenwriter Arthur Sheekman (33) 1981 - Charles, Prince of Wales weds Lady Diana Spencer at St Pauls Cathedral, London 1982 - Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson 2000 - American actress Jennifer Aniston (31) weds actor and film producer Brad Pitt (36) in a private ceremony at Malibu, California 2006 - Baywatch actress Pamela Anderson (39) weds singer Kid Rock (35) at Thunder Gulch yacht in Saint-Tropez, France 2006 - Providence actress Paula Cale (36) weds screenwriter Michael Lisbe at Sopris Mountain Ranch in Basalt, Colorado 2006 - Primal Scream lead singer Bobby Gillespie (44) weds stylist Katy England at St. Margarets Church in Betley, Staffordshire Famous Divorces Divorces 1 - 1 2006 - Robyn Denise Moore divorces Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson (55) due to irreconcilable differences after 31 years of marriage Famous Deaths Passed Away Today King of France King Philip IKing of France King Philip I (1108) Deaths 1 - 15 238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor 238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor 1030 - Olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad 1095 - Ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies 1099 - Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies 1108 - King Philip I, King of the Franks 1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56 1164 - Olaf, King of Norway, dies 1507 - Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459) 1573 - Spanish prince of Eboli, dies 1596 - Jacobus Latomus, Flemish poet (Psalms/Jeremias) dies at about 84 1612 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554) 1632 - Samuel Ampzing, vicar/poet (Biblical Treasures), dies 1644 - Urban VIII, [Maffeo Barberini], Pope (1623-44), dies 1649 - David Teniers I, Flemish painter (altaar stukken), dies 1669 - Christopher Simpson, composer, dies
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