March 29

### Up to 1900

- 502 – King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians  subject to the same laws.
- 1430 – The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures the Byzantine city of Thessalonica.
- 1461 – Wars of the Roses: In the Battle of Towton, Edward of York defeats Margaret of Anjou to become King Edward IV of England.
- 1549 – The city of Salvador, Bahia, northeastern Brazil, is founded.
- 1632 – The Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed, returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- 1638 – Swedish colonists create the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
- 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden dies, after being shot at a masquerade ball.
- 1809 – Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates, and the Grand Duchy of Finland goes to Russian control.
- 1847 – Mexican-American War: US forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz, Mexico, after a siege.
- 1848 – Niagara Falls stop flowing for 30 hours, due to ice.
- 1849 – The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
- 1865 – American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
- 1867 – Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which creates the Dominion of Canada on July 1, 1867.
- 1871 – The Royal Albert Hall in London is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 1879 – Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula – British forces defeat an army of 20,000 Zulus.
- 1886 – John Pemberton brews the first Coca-Cola in Atlanta.
- 1886 – Wilhelm Steinitz becomes the first world champion in chess, after defeating Johannes Zukertort.

### 1901 – 2000

- 1930 – Heinrich Brüning becomes Chancellor of Germany during the time of the Weimar Republic.
- 1941 – World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.
- 1942 – World War II: RAF Bomber Command carries out a bombing raid on the city of Luebeck in northern Germany.
- 1945 – World War II: Last day of V–1 flying bomb attacks on England.
- 1945 – World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army.
- 1946 – The Instituto Tecnologico Autonomo de Mexico, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded.
- 1947 – Uprising in Madagascar against French colonial rule.
- 1951 – Ethel Rosenberg and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of spying for the Soviet Union.
- 1957 – The New York, Ontario and Western Railway is abandoned in its entirety.
- 1959 – First showing of the movie Some Like It Hot.
- 1961 – The 23rd Amendment to the Constitution of the United States gives people living in Washington, DC the right to vote in Presidential elections.
- 1962 – President of Argentina Arturo Frondizi is overthrown in a military coup by the Argentine Armed Forces, after an 11–day constitutional crisis.
- 1971 – My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is found guilty of premeditated murder.
- 1973 – The last US combat soldiers leave Vietnam.
- 1974 – The Mariner 10 space probe passes by the planet Mercury, sending 2,000 photographs back to Earth.
- 1974 – Local farmers near Xi'an, Shaanxi Province, China, discover the Terracotta Army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Chinese Emperor, in the 3rd century BC.
- 1976 – The last British troops leave the Maldives.
- 1981 – The first London Marathon takes place.
- 1982 – Elizabeth II approves the Canada Act.
- 1985 – The first _Care Bears Movie_ is released.
- 1990 – In Czechoslovakia the parliament fails to agree on the country's name after the fall of Communism.
- 1990 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 103 people.
- 1993 – Catherine Callbeck becomes Premier of Prince Edward Island, becoming the first woman to take this role in a Canadian province.
- 1998 – The Vasco da Gama Bridge, 17 kilometers long, is opened, crossing the Tagus in Lisbon, Portugal.
- 1999 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, India, killing 103 people.
- 1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 – above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever.

### From 2001

- 2002 – In response to the Passover massacre, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants.
- 2004 – The Republic of Ireland bans smoking in restaurants, pubs and bars.
- 2004 – Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO.
- 2006 – A Solar eclipse is seen over the Atlantic Ocean, Africa, Europe and Asia.
- 2008 – The first Earth Hour is observed.
- 2010 – Two female suicide bombers blow themselves up on the Moscow Metro, killing 39 people.
- 2014 – The first Same-sex marriages in England and Wales take place, with the first ones in Scotland taking place on December 31 of the same year.
- 2015 – The Australia national cricket team wins the Cricket World Cup, defeating the New Zealand national cricket team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
- 2017 – British Prime Minister Theresa May triggers Article 50 of the European Union treaty, to start the process of Brexit (the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union).

### Up to 1900

- 1602 – John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675)
- 1629 – Tsar Alexis of Russia (d. 1676)
- 1713 – John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789)
- 1746 – Carlo Buonaparte, father of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1785)
- 1747 – Johann Wilhelm Hassler, German composer, organist and pianist (d. 1822)
- 1751 – Supply Belcher, American composer and singer (d. 1836)
- 1769 – Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult, French general and politician (d. 1851)
- 1790 – John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
- 1799 – Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869)
- 1813 – John Letcher, Governor of Virginia (d. 1884)
- 1815 – Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor, writer and theatre director (d. 1877)
- 1816 – Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama (d. 1837)
- 1824 – Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (d. 1899)
- 1826 – Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900)
- 1830 – Eli C. D. Shortridge, Governor of North Dakota (d. 1908)
- 1853 – Elihu Thomson, British–American engineer, inventor and businessman (d. 1937)
- 1867 – Cy Young, American baseball player (d. 1955)
- 1869 – Edwin Lutyens, British architect (d. 1944)
- 1870 – Pavlo Melas, Greek officer (d. 1904)
- 1873 – Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (d. 1941)
- 1874 – Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
- 1876 – Friedrich Traun, German athlete and tennis player (d. 1908)
- 1887 – Phraya Phahon Phonphayuhasena, Prime Minister of Thailand (d. 1947)
- 1888 – Enea Bossi, Italian–American engineer and aviation pioneer (d. 1963)
- 1889 – Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
- 1890 – Harold Spencer Jones, English astronomer (d. 1960)
- 1891 – Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (d. 1980)
- 1892 – Jozsef Mindszenty, Hungarian cardinal (d. 1975)
- 1895 – Ernst Jünger, German writer (d. 1998)
- 1899 – Lavrenty Beria, Georgian–Soviet politician (d. 1953)
- 1900 – John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)

### 1901 – 1950

- 1902 – William Walton, British composer (d. 1983)
- 1907 – Braguinha, Brazilian singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1911 – Freya von Moltke, German resistance activist (d. 2010)
- 1913 – R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet and Anglican priest (d. 2000)
- 1914 – Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
- 1914 – Chapman Pincher, British journalist, historian and writer (d. 2014)
- 1916 – Peter Geach, British philosopher (d. 2013)
- 1916 – Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
- 1918 – Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (d. 1990)
- 1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992)
- 1920 – Pierre Moinot, French writer (d. 2007)
- 1923 – Geoff Duke, British motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
- 1926 – Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian–born Israeli economist (d. 2012)
- 1927 – John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist (d. 2004)
- 1927 – John McLaughlin, American television personality and political commentator (d. 2016)
- 1929 – Sheila Kitzinger, English childbirth activist (d. 2015)
- 1929 – Lennart Meri, Estonian statesman and 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
- 1929 – Richard Lewontin, American biologist and philosopher
- 1930 – Anerood Jugnauth, President of Mauritius
- 1931 – Aleksei Gubarev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2015)
- 1931 – Norman Tebbit, English politician
- 1931 – Stefan Andrei, Romanian politician (d. 2014)
- 1933 – Edvard Grimstad, Norwegian politician (d. 2014)
- 1935 – Ruby Murray, English actress and singer (d. 1996)
- 1936 – Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer (d. 2012)
- 1936 – John A. Durkin, American politician
- 1936 – Joseph P. Teasdale, former Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
- 1936 – Judith Guest, American writer
- 1937 – Smarck Michel, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
- 1937 – Bruno Mora, Italian footballer (d. 1986)
- 1939 – Terence Hill, Italian actor
- 1940 – Ray Davis, American singer and musician
- 1940 – Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- 1940 – John Suchet, British journalist
- 1941 – Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist
- 1941 – Violeta Andrei, Romanian actress
- 1942 – Larry Pressler, American politician
- 1943 – Eric Idle, English actor and comedian
- 1943 – John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- 1943 – Vangelis, Greek musician and musician
- 1944 – Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
- 1944 – Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist
- 1945 – Walt Frazier, American basketball player
- 1946 – Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)
- 1946 – Robert J. Shiller, American economist
- 1947 – Bobby Kimball, American singer
- 1948 – Bud Cort, American movie and stage actor, director and writer
- 1949 – Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
- 1949 – Dave Greenfield, English musician (The Stranglers)
- 1949 – Pauline Marois, 30th Premier of Quebec
- 1949 – Kayahan, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
- 1949 – Keith Simpson, British politician
- 1950 – Mory Kanté, Guinean musician

### 1951 – 1975

- 1952 – Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
- 1954 – Dianne Kay, American actress
- 1955 – Rolf Lassgard, Swedish actor
- 1955 – Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and director
- 1955 – Henry Bellingham, English politician
- 1955 – Christopher Lawford, American actor
- 1957 – Christopher Lambert, French actor
- 1958 – Pedro Bial, Brazilian producer, director, writer, journalist and television presenter
- 1958 – Marc Silvestri, American comics artist and publisher
- 1959 – Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
- 1960 – Jo Nesbo, Norwegian writer and musician
- 1960 – Annabella Sciorra, American actress
- 1961 – Amy Sedaris, American actress
- 1961 – Michael Winterbottom, British movie director
- 1963 – Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
- 1963 – Joan Garriga, Spanish motorcycle road racer (d. 2015)
- 1964 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model
- 1965 – Jill Goodacre, American actress and model
- 1965 – Dominic Littlewood, English television presenter
- 1965 – William Ofelein, American astronaut
- 1966 – Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch politician
- 1967 – Michel Hazanavicius, French movie director, producer and screenwriter
- 1968 – Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
- 1971 – Robert Gibbs, former US Press Secretary
- 1972 – Michel Ancel, French game designer
- 1972 – Priti Patel, English politician
- 1972 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
- 1973 – Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer

### From 1976

- 1976 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
- 1979 – Estela Giménez, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
- 1979 – Tomoe Shinohara, Japanese actress, singer, fashion designer and producer
- 1980 – Kim Tae-hee, South Korean actress
- 1980 – Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
- 1981 – Megan Hilty, American actress and singer
- 1981 – Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
- 1982 – Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese actor and singer
- 1983 – Jeremie Aliadiere, French footballer
- 1984 – Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian fruit seller (d. 2011)
- 1984 – Roman Kienast, Austrian footballer
- 1984 – Juan Monaco, Argentine tennis player
- 1985 – Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
- 1986 – Luke Eberl, American actor and director
- 1987 – Dimitri Payet, French footballer
- 1989 – Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (d. 2015)
- 1990 – Teemu Pukki, Finnish footballer
- 1990 – Lyle Taylor, British footballer
- 1991 – Irene, South Korean singer, television host and actress
- 1991 – Hayley McFarland, American actress
- 1991 – Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
- 1991 – N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
- 1992 – Chris Massoglia, American actor
- 1994 – Sulli, South Korean actress, singer and dancer
- 1995 – Marc Musso, American actor
- 2012 – Isla Elizabeth Phillips, great–granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II

### Up to 1900

- 87 BC – Emperor Wu of Han of China (b. 156 BC)
- 57 – Emperor Gwangwu of Han of China (b. 5)
- 1058 – Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020)
- 1368 – Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (b. 1328)
- 1461 – Henry Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
- 1578 – Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)
- 1625 – Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
- 1772 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
- 1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
- 1826 – Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet (b. 1751)
- 1829 – Cornelio Saavedra, Argentine military officer (b. 1759)
- 1848 – John Jacob Astor, German–American businessman (b. 1763)
- 1855 – Henri Druey, Swiss politician (b. 1799)
- 1873 – Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)
- 1877 – Inazuma Raigoro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1802)
- 1888 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b. 1813)
- 1891 – Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)

### 1901 – 2000

- 1911 – Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
- 1912 – Henry Robertson Bowers, English explorer (b. 1883)
- 1912 – Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (b. 1868)
- 1912 – Edward Adrian Wilson, English explorer (b. 1872)
- 1934 – Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire (b. 1867)
- 1937 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer (b. 1882)
- 1939 – Gerardo Machado, 5th President of Cuba (b. 1871)
- 1940 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and England rugby player (b. 1916)
- 1948 – Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881)
- 1956 – Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
- 1959 – Barthélemy Boganda, President of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
- 1972 – J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman (b. 1888)
- 1980 – Mantovani, Italian–born conductor (b. 1905)
- 1981 – Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
- 1982 – Carl Orff, German composer (b. 1895)
- 1982 – Walter Hallstein, German educator and politician (b. 1901)
- 1985 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer (b. 1933)
- 1985 – Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
- 1986 – Harry Ritz, Austrian–American actor (b. 1907)
- 1988 – Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer, conductor and sound editor (b. 1914)
- 1991 – Lee Atwater, American political advisor (b. 1951)
- 1994 – Bill Travers, English actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1922)

### From 2001

- 2001 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer and archaeologist (b. 1899)
- 2003 – Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956)
- 2004 – Joel Feinberg, American philosopher (b. 1926)
- 2004 – Simone Renant, French actress (b. 1911)
- 2009 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (b. 1924)
- 2009 – Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet–Russian footballer (b. 1943)
- 2009 – Helen Levitt, American photographer (b. 1913)
- 2011 – José Alencar, Vice President of Brazil (b. 1931)
- 2011 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (b. 1939)
- 2013 – Ralph Klein, 12th Premier of Alberta (b. 1942)
- 2014 – Karl Spillman Forester, American judge (b. 1940)
- 2014 – Birgitta Valberg, Swedish actress (b. 1916)
- 2014 – Yosef Hamadani Cohen, Iranian Jewish leader (b. 1916)
- 2014 – Marc Platt, American dancer and actor (b. 1913)
- 2014 – Hobart Alter, American surfer and boat designer (b. 1933)
- 2014 – Dane Witherspoon, American actor (b. 1957)
- 2015 – Juan Carlos Maccarone, Argentine Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1940)
- 2016 – Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
- 2016 – Jean-Pierre Coffe, French television presenter and food critic (b. 1938)
- 2017 – Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian–American theoretical physicist (b. 1928)
- 2017 – Ken Sparks, American football player and coach (b. 1944)
- 2018 – Emiliano Mondonico, Italian footballer (b. 1947)
- 2018 – Stephen Reinhardt, American judge (b. 1931)
- 2018 – Rusty Staub, American baseball player (b. 1944)

## Observances

- Boganda Day (Central African Republic)
- Youth Day (Republic of China)