1461
Battle of Towton
Battle · Europe
On this day
29 March
311 events in the atlas are dated to 29 March, from 968 CE to 2026. The best known come first; below them is every one, age by age, the most significant first.
- 311 events
- 968 – 2026 CE
The best known
From every age and part of the world1693
Founding of Curitiba
Founding · South America
1865
Appomattox campaign
War · North America
1879
Battle of Kambula
Battle · Sub-Saharan Africa
1969
New People's Army rebellion
Rebellion · Southeast Asia
2010
2010 Moscow Metro bombings
Attack · Europe
The Middle Ages
501 – 1500 CE · 5 eventsEarly modern times
1501 – 1800 · 22 events- 1780Siege of CharlestonSiege · North America
- 1693Founding of CuritibaFounding · South America
- 1640Miracle of CalandaEvent · Europe
- 1790Polish–Prussian allianceTreaty · Europe
- 1703Battle of SaladenBattle · Europe
- 1785Founding of University of the AndesFounding · South America
- 1516Founding of Venetian GhettoFounding · Europe
- 1644Battle of CheritonBattle · Europe
- 1748Founding of Sikh ConfederacyFounding · South Asia
- 1761Founding of Patiala StateFounding · South Asia
The 19th century
1801 – 1900 · 29 events- 1865Appomattox campaignWar · North America
- 1879Battle of KambulaBattle · Sub-Saharan Africa
- 1868Battle of Kōshū-KatsunumaBattle · East Asia
- 1864Treaty of LondonTreaty · Europe
- 1868Battle of HokuetsuBattle · East Asia
- 1865Battle of Lewis's FarmBattle · North America
- 1894Founding of PerquencoFounding · South America
- 1804Founding of YosypivkaFounding · Europe
- 1804Founding of PetrodolynskeFounding · Europe
- 1894Construction of Kameido StationConstruction · East Asia
The 20th century
1901 – 2000 · 122 events- 1969New People's Army rebellionRebellion · Southeast Asia
- 1969Civil conflict in the PhilippinesEvent · Southeast Asia
- 1942Hukbalahap RebellionRebellion · Southeast Asia · 1942 – 1954
- 1947Malagasy UprisingRebellion · Sub-Saharan Africa · 1947 – 1949
- 19361936 German parliamentary election and referendumElection · Europe
- 1949March 1949 Syrian coup d'étatPolitical · Middle East
- 1929Battle of SabillaBattle · Middle East
- 19821982 eruption of Chichon, ElNatural disaster · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 1987Haitian constitutional referendum, 1987Election · Mesoamerica and the Caribbean
- 19711971 NBA DraftEvent · North America
The 21st century
since 2001 · 133 events- 20102010 Moscow Metro bombingsAttack · Europe
- 2017United Kingdom invocation of Article 50Event · Europe
- 2016EgyptAir Flight 181Accident · Middle East
- 20142014 Slovak presidential electionElection · Europe
- 2002Operation Defensive ShieldEvent · Middle East
- 2025Solar eclipse of March 29, 2025Event · North America
- 2015Air Canada Flight 624Event · North America
- 2006Solar eclipse of March 29, 2006Event · North Africa
- 2008Isabella Nardoni caseCrime · South America
- 2021killing of Adam ToledoCrime · North America
About the dates
Each event is listed under the date its sources give, as its page shows it. Before 1582, and in some countries later (Britain until 1752, Russia until 1918), that is a date of the Julian calendar, as on Wikipedia’s pages for each day.