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On May 29, 363: The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.

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The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.

The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

People

Born on May 29

Dommaraju Gukesh 2006– Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)
Paul Skenes 2002– American baseball player (born 2002)
Puka Nacua 2001– American football player (born 2001)
Andrew Torgashev 2001– American figure skater (born 2001)
Gennaro Nigro 2000– American soccer player (born 2000)
Park Ji-hoon 1999– South Korean singer and actor (born 1999)
Markelle Fultz 1998– American basketball player (born 1998)
Austin Reaves 1998– American basketball player (born 1998)
Tyler Nevin 1997– American baseball player (born 1997)
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Konosuke Takeshita 1995– Japanese professional wrestler (born 1995)
Jana Čepelová 1993– Slovak tennis player (born 1993)
Maika Monroe 1993– American actress (born 1993)
Grete Šadeiko 1993– Estonian heptathlete
Sarah Moundir 1992– Swiss tennis player
Gregg Sulkin 1992– British actor (born 1992)
Yaime Perez 1991– Cuban discus thrower (born 1991)
Tan Zhongyi 1991– Chinese chess grandmaster (born 1991)
Joe Biagini 1990– American baseball player (born 1990)

People

Died on May 29

Bernie Kerik American police officer and political consultant (1955–2025)
Bob Rogers Australian disc jockey and radio broadcaster (1926–2024)
Ronnie Hawkins American-Canadian singer (1935–2022)
Sidhu Moosewala Indian rapper and singer (1993–2022)
Gavin MacLeod American actor (1931–2021)
Mark Eaton American basketball player (1957–2021)
B. J. Thomas American singer (1942–2021)
Cornelius Sim Bruneian cardinal (1951–2021)
Maikanti Baru Nigerian engineer (1959–2020)
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Manuel Noriega Military dictator of Panama from 1983 to 1989
Mordechai Tzipori Israeli politician (1924–2017)
Konstantinos Mitsotakis Prime Minister of Greece from 1990 to 1993
Henry Carr American track and field athlete (1941–2015)
Doris Hart American tennis player (1925–2015)
Betsy Palmer American actress (1926–2015)
Christine Charbonneau French Canadian singer and songwriter
Walter Jakob Gehring Swiss developmental biologist (1939–2014)
Peter Glaser Czechoslovak-born American scientist and aerospace engineer (1923-2014)

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Every May 29 on record

  1. 363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.

    Ruler of the Roman Empire

    The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC. The title of imperator, originally a military honorific, was usually used alongside caesar, originally a cognomen. When a given Roman is described as becoming emperor in English, it generally reflects his accession as augustus, and later as basileus.

  2. 1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.

    Part of the Reconquista in present day Spain

    The Battle of Uclés was fought on 29 May 1108 during the Reconquista period near Uclés just south of the river Tagus between the Christian forces of Castile and León under Alfonso VI and the forces of the Muslim Almoravids under Tamim ibn-Yusuf. The battle was a disaster for the Christians and many of the high nobility of León, including seven counts, died in the fray or were beheaded afterwards, while the heir-apparent, Sancho Alfónsez, was murdered by villagers while trying to flee. Despite this, the Almoravids could not capitalise on their success in the open field by taking Toledo.

  3. 1167 Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.

    1167 battle between the Holy Roman Empire and the Commune of Rome

    The Battle of Monte Porzio was fought on 29 May 1167 between the Holy Roman Empire and the Commune of Rome. The communal Roman army, which one historian has called the "greatest army which Rome had sent into the field in centuries", was defeated by the forces of the Emperor Frederick Barbarossa and his local allies, the Counts of Tusculum and the ruler of Albano. Comparing its effect on the city of Rome, one historian has called Monte Porzio the "Cannae of the Middle Ages".

  4. 1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.

    1176 Lombard victory over Emperor Frederick Barbarossa

    The battle of Legnano was a battle between the imperial army of Frederick Barbarossa and the troops of the Lombard League on 29 May 1176, near the town of Legnano, in present-day Lombardy, Italy. Although the presence of the enemy nearby was already known to both sides, they suddenly met without having time to plan any strategy.

  5. 1233 Mongol–Jin war: The Mongols entered Kaifeng after a successful siege and began looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.

    1211–1234 campaign in northern China

    The Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty, also known as the Mongol–Jin War, was fought between the Mongol Empire and the Jurchen-led Jin dynasty in Manchuria and North China. The war, which started in 1211, lasted over 23 years and ended with the complete conquest of the Jin dynasty by the Mongols in 1234.

  6. 1328 Philip VI is crowned King of France.
  7. 1416 Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.
  8. 1453 Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Roman Empire after over 2,000 years.
  9. 1658 Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658–1659).
  10. 1660 English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the thrones of England, Scotland and Ireland.
  11. 1733 The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
  12. 1780 American Revolutionary War: At the Waxhaws Massacre, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
  13. 1790 Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.
  14. 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
  15. 1807 Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
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  1. 1825 The Coronation of Charles X of France takes place in Reims Cathedral, the last ever coronation of a French monarch.
  2. 1851 Sojourner Truth delivers her famous Ain't I a Woman? speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.
  3. 1852 Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
  4. 1861 The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
  5. 1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
  6. 1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
  7. 1886 The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
  8. 1900 N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
  9. 1903 In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
  10. 1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
  11. 1914 The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
  12. 1918 Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
  13. 1919 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
  14. 1920 The Louth flood of 1920 was a severe flash flooding in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.
  15. 1931 Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.

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