Best known
Best known
Pupienus
Roman emperor in 238
Offa of Mercia
King of Mercia from 757 to 796
Olaf Haraldsson
King of Norway from 1015 to 1028
Ladislaus I of Hungary
King of Hungary from 1077 to 1095
Pope Urban II
Head of the Catholic Church from 1088 to 1099
Philip I of France
King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108
Pupienus — Roman emperor in 238, who died on July 29 238.
Offa of Mercia — King of Mercia from 757 to 796, who died on July 29 796.
Olaf Haraldsson — King of Norway from 1015 to 1028, who died on July 29 1030.
Ladislaus I of Hungary — King of Hungary from 1077 to 1095, who died on July 29 1095.
Pope Urban II — Head of the Catholic Church from 1088 to 1099, who died on July 29 1099.
Philip I of France — King of the Franks from 1060 to 1108, who died on July 29 1108.
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- 238
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- 846LLi ShenTang dynasty official and poet
- 1236
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Richard Óg de Burgh, 2nd Earl of UlsterOne of the most powerful Irish nobles of the late 13th and early 14th centuries - 1504
Thomas Stanley, 1st Earl of DerbyEnglish nobleman - 1507
Martin BehaimGerman cartographer - 1573
John CaiusEnglish physician - 1612
Jacques Bongars - 1644
Pope Urban VIIIHead of the Catholic Church from 1623 to 1644 - 1752
Peter Warren (Royal Navy officer)Royal Navy officer and politician - 1781
Johann KiesGerman astronomer and mathematician - 1792
René Nicolas Charles Augustin de MaupeouFrench noble, lawyer and statesman
- 1813
Jean-Andoche JunotFrench general - 1833
William WilberforceEnglish politician and abolitionist - 1839
Gaspard de PronyFrench mathematician and engineer - 1844
Franz Xaver Wolfgang MozartSon of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - 1856
Robert SchumannGerman composer, pianist and critic - 1857
Thomas Dick (scientist)British church minister and astronomer - 1887
Agostino DepretisItalian politician - 1890
Vincent van GoghDutch painter - 1895
Floriano PeixotoPresident of Brazil from 1891 to 1894 - 1900
Umberto I of ItalyKing of Italy from 1878 to 1900 - 1908MMarie Adam-DoerrerSwiss women's rights activist and unionist
- 1913
Tobias AsserDutch lawyer and academic - 1918
Ernest William ChristmasAustralian painter - 1924
Sotirios KrokidasGreek politician, lawyer and university professor - 1934
Didier PitreCanadian ice hockey player - 1938
Nikolai KrylenkoSoviet politician - 1950JJoe FryBritish racing driver
- 1951
Ali Sami YenTurkish footballer and sports manager - 1954
Coen de KoningDutch speed skater and cyclist - 1960
Hasan Saka7th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey from 1947 to 1949 - 1962
Ronald FisherBritish polymath
- 1962
Leonardo De LorenzoMusical artist - 1964
Vean GreggAmerican baseball player - 1966
Johnson Aguiyi-IronsiMilitary head of state of Nigeria in 1966 - 1966
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- 1970
John BarbirolliBritish conductor and cellist - 1973
Norm SmithAustralian rules footballer - 1973
Roger WilliamsonBritish racing driver - 1974
Cass ElliotAmerican singer - 1974
Erich KästnerGerman author, poet and satirist - 1976
Mickey CohenCrime boss - 1978
Andrzej BoguckiPolish actor - 1979
Herbert MarcuseGerman–American philosopher, sociologist, and political theorist - 1979
Bill TodmanAmerican TV producer
- 1981
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- 1982
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Vladimir K. ZworykinRussian-American engineer - 1983
Luis BuñuelSpanish-Mexican filmmaker - 1983
Raymond MasseyCanadian-American actor
- 1983
David NivenEnglish actor, memoirist and novelist - 1984
Fred WaringAmerican musician - 1987
Bibhutibhushan MukhopadhyayIndian Bengali-language author - 1990
Bruno KreiskyAustrian diplomat and chancellor
- 1991
Christian de CastriesFrench general - 1992
Michel LarocqueCanadian ice hockey goaltender - 1994
John Britton (doctor)American physician and murder victim - 1994
Dorothy HodgkinEnglish chemist - 1995
Les ElgartAmerican swing jazz bandleader and trumpeter - 1996
Ric NordmanCanadian politician - 1996
Marcel-Paul SchützenbergerFrench mathematician - 1996
Jason ThirskAmerican bassist - 1998
Jerome RobbinsAmerican choreographer and director - 2000
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- 2001
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- 2007
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- 2007
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- 2012
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- 2013
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- 2013TTony GazeAustralian fighter pilot and racing driver
- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2015
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- 2015
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106 people with a Wikipedia article died on July 29, including Pupienus, Offa of Mercia, Olaf Haraldsson. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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62 documented historical events happened on July 29, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Arab–Byzantine wars: Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, was sacked by Saracen raiders. On the same day, in another year: Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion in the mountains of Belasica near present-day Klyuch. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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