29 March - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History
According to Gregory calendar, on March 29, the day number in a year is 88 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 89. March 29 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.
March 29 in History - Top Historical Events
| Year | Event / Incidence / Incident |
| 845 | Viking raiders possibly led by the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok captured Paris and held the city for a huge ransom. |
| 1461 | Yorkist troops defeated Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Towton in Yorkshire, England, the largest battle in the Wars of the Roses up until that time with approximately 20,000 casualties. |
| 1549 | The foundation of Salvador de Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, was laid. |
| 1799 | A law was passed in New York aimed at gradually ending slavery in the state. |
| 1806 | First United States Federal Highway granted authority for national road construction). |
| 1807 | Swedish settlers founded New Sweden near Delaware Bay, the first Swedish colony in America. |
| 1807 | Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers traced the Asteroid Vesta. |
| 1857 | In Barrackpore Cantonment near Kolkata, soldier Mangal Pandey opened the first shot and started a rebellion against the British Empire. This was the first rebellion in India against the British rule, called the military revolt. |
| 1865 | American Civil War-The Appomattox Campaign opened with the Battle of Lewis's Farm, in which the Confederate States Army was forced into a series of retreats that would culminate in their surrender. |
| 1871 | The Royal Albert Hall in Albertopolis, London, was officially opened by Queen Victoria. |
| 1882 | The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, US. |
| 1911 | The M1911 single-action, semi-automatic pistol developed by American firearms designer John Browning became the standard-issue side arm in the United States Army. |
| 1913 | Famous Hindi poet and writer Bhavani Prasad, who was awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award, was born. |
| 1929 | Indian film actor Utpal Dutt was born. |
| 1932 | Jack Benny made his program debut on radio in the US. |
| 1941 | Second World War-British Royal Navy and Australian Navy ships intercepted and sank or severely damaged the ships of the Italian Regia Marina near Crete. |
| 1945 | World War II-The German 4th Army was almost completely destroyed by the Soviet Red Army at the Heiligenberg Pocket in East Prussia. |
| 1953 | Hilly and Tenzing Norgay conquered Mount Everest, the world's highest peak. |
| 1967 | France launched its nuclear submarine for the first time. |
| 1969 | The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was formed. |
| 1973 | Vietnam War-The United States ended Operation Barrel Roll, covert bombing campaign in Laos to help stem an increasing tired of People's Army of Vietnam and Pathet Lao offensives. |
| 1973 | United States troops were removed from Vietnam. |
| 1974 | A group of farmers in Shaanxi province, China, discovered a vast collection of terracotta statues depicting the armies of the first Emperor of China Qin Shi Huang, now known as the Terracotta Army. |
| 1974 | NASA's Mariner 10, launched in November 1973, became the first space probe to fly by the planet Mercury. |
| 1977 | Actor Harry Hamlin and Actress Lisa Rinna were bonded into a relationship. They were married. |
| 1981 | Dick Beardsley and Inger Simonsen jointly won the first running of the London Marathon. |
| 1982 | Queen Elizabeth II gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982,which ended all remaining dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as 'patriation'. |
| 1988 | African National Congress Representative Delsea September was assassinated in Paris. |
| 1999 | 17th NCAA women’s Basketball Championship held at Thunderdome St. Petersburg. |
| 1999 | The strongest earthquake to hit the foothills of the Himalayas in more than ninety years killed 103 people. |
| 1999 | The earthquake in the foothills of the Himalayas killed at least 87 people. |
| 1999 | The US stock index Dow Jones crossed the 10,000 mark for the first time. |
| 2001 | The United States refused to accept the Kyoto Treaty on Global Warming. |
| 2004 | Ireland becomes the first country to ban smoking at workplaces. |
| 2008 | 370 cities of the world started celebrating Earth Hour to save energy for the first time. |
| 2010 | Metro Stations Lub Yoona and Park Features of Mosques were attacked by two female suicide bombers terrorists. In this suicide 38 are killed and 60 were injured. |
| 2010 | Islamist Chechen separatists set off two bombs on the Moscow Metro, killing at least 40 and injuring over 100 others. |
| 2011 | International leaders take part in a conference focused on military actors and the future of Libya in London, England. |
| 2011 | The president, James Bullard of the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis calls for the Federal Reserve to limit its purchase of US Treasuries because they feed the fire of inflation. |
| 2012 | Viaspan is a solution which is used to pressure some donor’s organs. UK govt. officials announce that Viaspan could be contaminated with bacteria after tests identified Bacillus cereus was present in the solution used to test Viaspan’s security. |
| 2012 | In the meet of 2012 BRICS summit which was held in New Delhi, Indian leaders of Brazil, China, Russia, South Africa and India participated. |
| 2013 | New research on the Shroud of Turin supports that it may actually been used as Jesus Christ’s cloth. Research used mechanical and thermal measurements to date the Shroud between 300 BC and 400 AD. |
| 2013 | American bioengineers at Stanford anniversary made a transistor like transcription is built of DNA and RNA molecules. |
| 2014 | African Story wins the Dubai cup with 12-1 odds, overtaking favoured Mukhadram with 14-1 odds; both horses are owned by the members of Dubai’s Al Maktoum family. |
| 2014 | Andrzej Kiska was elected President of Slovakia. |
Famous Birthdays of March 29:
| Year | Name / Profession / Country |
| 1952 | John Hendricks / Business Man / United States of America |
| 1952 | Russell Fairfax / Rugby Player / Australia |
| 1893 | Astrid Holm / Actress / Denmark |
| 1931 | Ștefan Andrei / Politician / Romania |
| 1976 | Igor Astarloa / Cyclist / Spain |
| 1920 | John M. Belk / Politician / United States of America |
| 1948 | Piet Souer / Writer / Netherlands |
| 1958 | Travis Childers / Politician / United States of America |
| 1889 | Warner Baxter / Actor / United States of America |
| 1978 | Aaron Persico / Rugby Player / New Zealand |
| 1958 | Nouriel Roubini / Academic / United States of America |
| 1918 | Pearl Bailey / Actress / United States of America |
| 1971 | Robert Gibbs / Politician / United States of America |
| 1958 | Marc Silvestri / Publisher / United States of America |
| 1916 | Peter Geach / Philosopher / United Kingdom |
| 1965 | Emilios T. Harlaftis / Physicist / Greece |
| 1923 | Betty Binns Fletcher / Lawyer / United States of America |
| 1972 | Alex Ochoa / Baseball Player / United States of America |
| 1947 | Bobby Kimball / Writer / United States of America |
| 1985 | Maxim Lapierre / Ice Hockey Player / Canada |
| 1553 | Vitsentzos Kornaros / Poet / Greece |
| 1972 | Piet-Hein Geeris / Hockey Player / Netherlands |
| 1929 | Lennart Meri / Politician / Estonia |
| 1987 | Gianluca Freddi / Footballer / Italy |
| 1747 | Johann Wilhelm Hässler / Pianist / Germany |
| 1957 | Elizabeth Hand / Author / United States of America |
| 1944 | Terry Jacks / Singer / Canada |
| 1909 | Moon Mullican / Writer / United States of America |
| 1940 | John Suchet / Journalist / United Kingdom |
| 1931 | Sopubek Begaliev / Politician / Kyrgyzstan |
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Read in Hindi : 29 मार्च की प्रमुख ऐतिहासिक घटनाएं