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Jun
29

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38 events  ·  90 deaths  ·  209 births

Events on 29 June 38

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Year 226

Cao Pi dies after an illness; his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.

Year 1149

Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.

Year 1194

Sverre is crowned King of Norway.

Year 1444

Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.

Year 1534

Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.

Year 1613

The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground.

Year 1644

Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.

Year 1659

At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.

Year 1786

Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.

Year 1807

Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.

Birthdays on 29 June 209

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Petronilla of Aragon
Petronilla of Aragon
b. 1136 – d. 1173
Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173)
Murad I
Murad I
b. 1326 – d. 1389
Murad I, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1389)
John II of Aragon and Navarre
John II of Aragon and Navarre
b. 1398 – d. 1479
John II of Aragon and Navarre (d. 1479)
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Anthony Browne (died 1506)
b. 1443 – d. 1506
Anthony Browne, English knight (d. 1506)
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal
b. 1482 – d. 1517
Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517)
Pedro Pacheco de Villena
Pedro Pacheco de Villena
b. 1488 – d. 1560
Pedro Pacheco de Villena, Catholic cardinal (d. 1560)
Rembert Dodoens
Rembert Dodoens
b. 1517 – d. 1585
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585)
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Peter Agricola
b. 1525 – d. 1585
Peter Agricola, German humanist, theologian, diplomat and statesman (d. 1585)
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg
b. 1528 – d. 1589
Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589)
Christine of Hesse
Christine of Hesse
b. 1543 – d. 1604
Christine of Hesse, Duchess consort of Holstein-Gottorp (d. 1604)
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
Emperor Go-Mizunoo
b. 1596 – d. 1680
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b. 1596)
Willem van der Zaan
Willem van der Zaan
b. 1621 – d. 1669
Willem van der Zaan, Dutch Admiral (d. 1669)

Deaths on 29 June 90

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Cao Pi
Cao Pi
d. 226 (b. 187)
Cao Pi, Chinese emperor (b. 187)
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Yang Shili
d. 884
Yang Shili, general of the Tang Dynasty
Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
d. 1059 (b. 995)
Bernard II, Duke of Saxony (b. 995)
Raymond of Poitiers
Raymond of Poitiers
d. 1149 (b. 1115)
Raymond of Poitiers, Prince of Antioch (b. 1115)
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Óláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153)
d. 1153
Óláfr Guðrøðarson, King of the Isles
Abel, King of Denmark
Abel, King of Denmark
d. 1252 (b. 1218)
Abel, King of Denmark (b. 1218)
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Henry of Ghent
d. 1293
Henry of Ghent, philosopher (b. c.1217)
Ramon Llull
Ramon Llull
d. 1315 (b. 1235)
Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
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Jan Milíč
d. 1374
Jan Milíč of Kroměříž, Czech priest and reformer
Janus of Cyprus
Janus of Cyprus
d. 1432 (b. 1375)
Janus of Cyprus (b. 1375)
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby
d. 1509 (b. 1443)
Margaret Beaufort, Countess of Richmond and Derby (b. 1443)
Moctezuma II
Moctezuma II
d. 1520 (b. 1466)
Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (b. 1466)