29 Julie

The 29t o Julie is the 210t day o the year (211t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 155 days ti come.

 Events 
 1030 - Olaf II o Norawa dees at the Battle o Stiklestad.
 1567 - James VI, Keeng o Scots is crouned in Stirlin.
 1588 - The Spaingie Armada is defeatit.
 1836 - Inauguration o the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
 1894 - First Sino-Japanese War: Japanese troops defeat Cheenese forces in the Battle o Seonghwan.
 1900 - Assassination o Umberto I o Italy ib Gaetano Bresci.
 1900 - Vladimir Lenin leaves Roushie an spends five year in exile in Swisserland an Germany.
 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader o the Nazi Pairty.
 1948 - Stairt o the 1948 Simmer Olympic Gemmes in Lunnon.
 1973 - A majority o voters in Greece chooses a republic ower the monarchy.
 1980 - The Banner o Iran is modified.
 1981 - Weddin o Charles, Prince o Wales an Diana, Princess o Wales.
 1987 - Margaret Thatcher an Francois Mitterrand sign an agreement tae build the Chainel Tunnel.
 2005 - The dwarf planet Eris is discovered.
 2006 - The Montreal Declaration for LGBT richts is adoptit.
 2010 - Stairt o a major flood disaster in Pakistan.
 2010 - An overloadit passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River, Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic o the Congo, killin at least 80 fowk.
 2018 - Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman tae win the Tour de France.
 2019 - A preeson riot in Altamira, Para, Brazil, results in 57 daiths.
 2019 - Boris Johnson meets Scots First Meenister Nicola Sturgeon for the first time syne acomin the Breetish prime meenister.

 Births 
 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French poleetical thinker an historian (d. 1859)
 1817 - Ivan Aivazovsky, Roushie penter (d. 1900)
 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Dictator o Italy (d. 1945)
 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, Hungarian-American pheesicist (d. 1988)
 1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Swadish writer (d. 1976)
 1905 - Dag Hammarskjold, Swadish Secretar-General o the Unitit Naitions (d. 1961)
 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
 1912 - William Serle, Scots ornithologist, medicinar an kirk meenister (d. 1992)
 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek componer an poleetical activist
 1927 - Harry Mulisch, Dutch writer (d. 2010)
 1934 - Doug Moran, Scots fitbawer
 1935 - John Corrie, Scots politeecian
 1937 - Ryutaro Hashimoto, Prime meenister o Japan (d. 2006)
 1946 - Bill Forsyth, Scots film director
 1949 - Allan McGraw, Scots fitbawer
 1951 - Jack Blessing, American actor (d. 2017)
 1953 - Ken Burns, American director an producer
 1963 - Kenny McDowall, Scots fitbawer
 1974 - Josh Radnor, American actor
 1980 - Fernando Gonzalez, Chilean tennis player
 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spaingie racin driver

 Daiths 
 248 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor (b. 165)
 248 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor (b. 178)
 1030 - Olaf II o Norawa (b. 995)
 1099 - Pape Urban II (b. 1035)
 1833 - William Wilberforce, Inglis politeecian an activist (b. 1759)
 1856 - Robert Schumann, German componer (b. 1810)
 1857 - Thomas Dick, Scots kirk meenister, science teacher an writer (b. 1774)
 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch penter (b. 1853)
 1900 - King Umberto I o Italy (b. 1844)
 1913 - Tobias Asser, Dutch lawer an legal scholart (b. 1838)
 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, German sociologist an philosopher (b. 1898)
 1983 - David Niven, Inglis actor (b. 1910)
 1994 - Dorothy Hodgkin, Inglis biochemist an biopheesicist (b. 1910)
 2010 - Alex Wilson, Scots fitbawer (b. 1933)

 Halidays 
 Saunt Olav's Day (Norawa, Faroe Islands)
 Naitional Thai leid Day (Thailand)
 Internaitional Tiger Day

Category:Days o the year