April 29rd All Events |
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| April 29th, 2008 (April 29 2008) | Death | Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, known as the first to synthesize LSD (born in 1906) | |
| April 29th, 2007 (April 29 2007) | Event | Republic Protests in Turkey. | |
| April 29th, 2007 (April 29 2007) | Birth | Infanta Sofia of Spain, Princess of Spain | |
| April 29th, 2007 (April 29 2007) | Death | Milt Bocek, American baseball player (born in 1912) | |
| April 29th, 2007 (April 29 2007) | Death | Josh Hancock, American baseball player (born in 1978) | |
| April 29th, 2007 (April 29 2007) | Death | Ivica Racan, former Prime Minister of Croatia (born in 1944) | |
| April 29th, 2007 (April 29 2007) | Death | Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor, known as the leader of Olsenbanden | |
| April 29th, 2007 (April 29 2007) | Death | Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (born in 1940) | |
| April 29th, 2006 (April 29 2006) | Death | John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (born in 1908) | John Kenneth Galbraith Quotes |
| April 29th, 2005 (April 29 2005) | Event | Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation. | |
| April 29th, 2005 (April 29 2005) | Event | New Zealand s first civil union takes place. | |
| April 29th, 2005 (April 29 2005) | Death | William J. Bell, American television writer and producer (born in 1927) | |
| April 29th, 2005 (April 29 2005) | Death | Mariana Levy, Mexican actress, singer, and television show host (born in 1966) | |
| April 29th, 2004 (April 29 2004) | Event | Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office. | George W. Bush Quotes |
| April 29th, 2004 (April 29 2004) | Event | Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production. | |
| April 29th, 2004 (April 29 2004) | Death | Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1925) | |
| April 29th, 2003 (April 29 2003) | Birth | Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (died in 2007) | |
| April 29th, 2003 (April 29 2003) | Birth | Maud Behn, Princess of Norway | |
| April 29th, 2002 (April 29 2002) | Event | The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years. | |
| April 29th, 2002 (April 29 2002) | Death | Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (born in 1936) | |
| April 29th, 2002 (April 29 2002) | Death | Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (born in 1914) | |
| April 29th, 1999 (April 29 1999) | Event | Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. | |
| April 29th, 1998 (April 29 1998) | Death | Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (born in 1922) | |
| April 29th, 1997 (April 29 1997) | Event | The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories. | |
| April 29th, 1997 (April 29 1997) | Death | Mike Royko, American columnist (born in 1932) | |
| April 29th, 1993 (April 29 1993) | Death | Mick Ronson, English musician (born in 1946) | |
| April 29th, 1993 (April 29 1993) | Death | Michael Gordon, American film director (born in 1909) | |
| April 29th, 1992 (April 29 1992) | Event | 1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed. | |
| April 29th, 1991 (April 29 1991) | Event | 1991 Bangladesh cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless. | |
| April 29th, 1988 (April 29 1988) | Birth | Younha, Korean pop singer | |
| April 29th, 1988 (April 29 1988) | Death | James McCracken, American tenor (born in 1926) | |
| April 29th, 1987 (April 29 1987) | Birth | Matthew Doherty, Northern Irish footballer | |
| April 29th, 1987 (April 29 1987) | Birth | Alicia Morton, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1986 (April 29 1986) | Event | Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners. | |
| April 29th, 1986 (April 29 1986) | Event | A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items. | |
| April 29th, 1986 (April 29 1986) | Birth | Renee Alway, American Model | |
| April 29th, 1984 (April 29 1984) | Birth | Taylor Cole, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1984 (April 29 1984) | Birth | Firass Dirani, Lebanese-Australian actor | |
| April 29th, 1984 (April 29 1984) | Birth | Ph?m Van Quy?n, Vietnamese footballer | |
| April 29th, 1983 (April 29 1983) | Birth | Jay Cutler, American football player | |
| April 29th, 1983 (April 29 1983) | Birth | Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress | |
| April 29th, 1983 (April 29 1983) | Birth | David Lee, American basketball player | |
| April 29th, 1983 (April 29 1983) | Birth | Sam Jones III, American Actor | |
| April 29th, 1982 (April 29 1982) | Birth | Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic | |
| April 29th, 1981 (April 29 1981) | Birth | George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer | |
| April 29th, 1981 (April 29 1981) | Birth | Emilie Mondor, Canadian athlete (died in 2006) | |
| April 29th, 1981 (April 29 1981) | Birth | Alex Vincent, American actor | |
| April 29th, 1980 (April 29 1980) | Event | Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded. | |
| April 29th, 1980 (April 29 1980) | Birth | Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 29th, 1980 (April 29 1980) | Birth | Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife) | |
| April 29th, 1980 (April 29 1980) | Birth | Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player | |
| April 29th, 1980 (April 29 1980) | Death | Alfred Hitchcock, English film director (born in 1899) | Alfred Hitchcock Quotes |
| April 29th, 1979 (April 29 1979) | Birth | Ryan Sharp, Scottish racing driver | |
| April 29th, 1979 (April 29 1979) | Birth | Jo O Meara, British singer (S Club) | |
| April 29th, 1979 (April 29 1979) | Birth | Lee Dong-Gook, Korean footballer | |
| April 29th, 1979 (April 29 1979) | Birth | Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party) | |
| April 29th, 1979 (April 29 1979) | Death | Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (born in 1907) | |
| April 29th, 1978 (April 29 1978) | Birth | Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player | |
| April 29th, 1978 (April 29 1978) | Birth | Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, American tennis players | |
| April 29th, 1977 (April 29 1977) | Birth | Rocio Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite | |
| April 29th, 1977 (April 29 1977) | Birth | Claus Jensen, Danish footballer | |
| April 29th, 1976 (April 29 1976) | Birth | Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer | |
| April 29th, 1975 (April 29 1975) | Event | Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate US citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. | |
| April 29th, 1975 (April 29 1975) | Birth | Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| April 29th, 1974 (April 29 1974) | Event | Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal. | |
| April 29th, 1974 (April 29 1974) | Birth | Anggun, Indonesian singer | |
| April 29th, 1974 (April 29 1974) | Birth | Pascal Cygan, French footballer | |
| April 29th, 1974 (April 29 1974) | Birth | Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player | Julian Quotes |
| April 29th, 1974 (April 29 1974) | Birth | Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist | |
| April 29th, 1973 (April 29 1973) | Birth | David Belle, French physical educator | |
| April 29th, 1973 (April 29 1973) | Birth | Johan Hegg, Swedish heavy metal vocalist | |
| April 29th, 1972 (April 29 1972) | Birth | Dustin McDaniel, American politician | |
| April 29th, 1971 (April 29 1971) | Birth | Sam Michael, Australian engineer | |
| April 29th, 1970 (April 29 1970) | Event | Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong. | |
| April 29th, 1970 (April 29 1970) | Birth | Andre Agassi, American tennis player | |
| April 29th, 1970 (April 29 1970) | Birth | China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini) | |
| April 29th, 1970 (April 29 1970) | Birth | Uma Thurman, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1969 (April 29 1969) | Birth | Paul Adelstein, American actor | |
| April 29th, 1968 (April 29 1968) | Event | The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway. | |
| April 29th, 1968 (April 29 1968) | Birth | Carnie Wilson, American singer | |
| April 29th, 1967 (April 29 1967) | Event | After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title. | Muhammad Ali Quotes |
| April 29th, 1967 (April 29 1967) | Birth | Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 29th, 1967 (April 29 1967) | Birth | Master P, American rapper | |
| April 29th, 1967 (April 29 1967) | Death | Anthony Mann, American actor and director (born in 1906) | |
| April 29th, 1967 (April 29 1967) | Death | J.B. Lenoir, American Blues Musician (born in 1929) | |
| April 29th, 1966 (April 29 1966) | Birth | Phil Tufnell, English cricketer | |
| April 29th, 1966 (April 29 1966) | Death | William Eccles, English physicist and radio pioneer (born in 1875) | |
| April 29th, 1965 (April 29 1965) | Event | Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in their Rehber series. | |
| April 29th, 1964 (April 29 1964) | Birth | Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor | |
| April 29th, 1963 (April 29 1963) | Birth | Mike Babcock, NHL Coach | |
| April 29th, 1961 (April 29 1961) | Birth | Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyu | |
| April 29th, 1961 (April 29 1961) | Death | Cisco Houston, American folk singer (born in 1918) | |
| April 29th, 1960 (April 29 1960) | Birth | Phil King, English bassist | |
| April 29th, 1960 (April 29 1960) | Birth | Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer | |
| April 29th, 1960 (April 29 1960) | Birth | Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker | |
| April 29th, 1958 (April 29 1958) | Birth | Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1958 (April 29 1958) | Birth | Eve Plumb, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1958 (April 29 1958) | Birth | Gary Cohen, Baseball broadcaster | |
| April 29th, 1957 (April 29 1957) | Birth | Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor | |
| April 29th, 1957 (April 29 1957) | Birth | Mark Kendall, American guitarist | |
| April 29th, 1957 (April 29 1957) | Birth | Timothy Treadwell, American bear enthusiast (died in 2003) | |
| April 29th, 1956 (April 29 1956) | Birth | Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower and politician | |
| April 29th, 1956 (April 29 1956) | Birth | Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer | |
| April 29th, 1956 (April 29 1956) | Death | Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (born in 1876) | |
| April 29th, 1955 (April 29 1955) | Birth | Kate Mulgrew, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1955 (April 29 1955) | Birth | Wendee Lee, American voice actress | |
| April 29th, 1955 (April 29 1955) | Birth | Gino Quilico, Canadian baritone | |
| April 29th, 1954 (April 29 1954) | Birth | Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder | |
| April 29th, 1954 (April 29 1954) | Birth | Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian | |
| April 29th, 1953 (April 29 1953) | Event | The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. | |
| April 29th, 1952 (April 29 1952) | Birth | Nora Dunn, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1952 (April 29 1952) | Birth | David Icke, English writer | |
| April 29th, 1952 (April 29 1952) | Birth | Bob McClure, American baseball player | |
| April 29th, 1951 (April 29 1951) | Event | A Tibetan delegation to the Chinese government is presented with a draft treaty regarding the Chinese occupation of Tibet. | |
| April 29th, 1951 (April 29 1951) | Birth | Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (died in 2001) | |
| April 29th, 1951 (April 29 1951) | Death | Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (born in 1889) | Ludwig Wittgenstein Quotes |
| April 29th, 1950 (April 29 1950) | Birth | Phillip Noyce, Australian film director | |
| April 29th, 1950 (April 29 1950) | Birth | Debbie Stabenow, American politician | |
| April 29th, 1948 (April 29 1948) | Birth | Bruce Cutler, American attorney | |
| April 29th, 1948 (April 29 1948) | Birth | Michael Karoli, German guitarist and violinist (Can) (died in 2001) | |
| April 29th, 1947 (April 29 1947) | Birth | Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player | |
| April 29th, 1947 (April 29 1947) | Birth | Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher | Philo Quotes |
| April 29th, 1947 (April 29 1947) | Birth | Tommy James, American musician | |
| April 29th, 1947 (April 29 1947) | Birth | Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician | |
| April 29th, 1946 (April 29 1946) | Event | Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes. | |
| April 29th, 1945 (April 29 1945) | Event | World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies. | |
| April 29th, 1945 (April 29 1945) | Event | World War II: Start of Operation Manna. | |
| April 29th, 1945 (April 29 1945) | Event | World WarFuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Donitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day. | Karl Donitz Quotes |
| April 29th, 1945 (April 29 1945) | Event | The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. | |
| April 29th, 1945 (April 29 1945) | Birth | Tammi Terrell, American singer (died in 1970) | |
| April 29th, 1945 (April 29 1945) | Death | Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (born in 1893) | |
| April 29th, 1944 (April 29 1944) | Birth | Princess Benedikte of Denmark | |
| April 29th, 1944 (April 29 1944) | Birth | Richard Kline, American actor and director | |
| April 29th, 1944 (April 29 1944) | Death | Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (born in 1851) | |
| April 29th, 1942 (April 29 1942) | Birth | Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier | |
| April 29th, 1938 (April 29 1938) | Birth | Fred Dibnah, English television personality (died in 2004) | Fred Dibnah Quotes |
| April 29th, 1938 (April 29 1938) | Birth | Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer | |
| April 29th, 1937 (April 29 1937) | Birth | Jill Paton Walsh, English writer | |
| April 29th, 1937 (April 29 1937) | Death | William Gillette, American actor (born in 1853) | Eric Gill Quotes |
| April 29th, 1936 (April 29 1936) | Birth | Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor | |
| April 29th, 1936 (April 29 1936) | Birth | April Stevens, American singer | |
| April 29th, 1936 (April 29 1936) | Birth | Lane Smith, American actor (died in 2005) | |
| April 29th, 1935 (April 29 1935) | Death | Leroy Carr, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (born in 1905) | |
| April 29th, 1934 (April 29 1934) | Birth | Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player | |
| April 29th, 1934 (April 29 1934) | Birth | Otis Rush, American musician | |
| April 29th, 1933 (April 29 1933) | Birth | Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium | |
| April 29th, 1933 (April 29 1933) | Birth | Rod McKuen, American poet and composer | |
| April 29th, 1933 (April 29 1933) | Death | Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (born in 1863) | Constantine P. Cavafy Quotes |
| April 29th, 1931 (April 29 1931) | Birth | Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter | |
| April 29th, 1931 (April 29 1931) | Birth | Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician (died in 2002) | |
| April 29th, 1930 (April 29 1930) | Birth | Jean Rochefort, French actor | |
| April 29th, 1929 (April 29 1929) | Birth | Ray Baretto, American jazz musician (died in 2006) | |
| April 29th, 1929 (April 29 1929) | Birth | Walter Kempowski, German author (died in 2007) | |
| April 29th, 1929 (April 29 1929) | Birth | Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (died in 2003) | |
| April 29th, 1929 (April 29 1929) | Birth | Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer | |
| April 29th, 1928 (April 29 1928) | Birth | Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters) | |
| April 29th, 1925 (April 29 1925) | Birth | Ned Austin, American character actor (died in 2007) | |
| April 29th, 1925 (April 29 1925) | Birth | John Compton, Saint Lucian Prime Minister (died in 2007) | |
| April 29th, 1925 (April 29 1925) | Birth | Iwao Takamoto, American animator, producer and film director (died in 2007) | |
| April 29th, 1924 (April 29 1924) | Birth | Al Balding, Canadian golfer (died in 2006) | |
| April 29th, 1924 (April 29 1924) | Birth | Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer and actress | |
| April 29th, 1922 (April 29 1922) | Birth | Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcyclist (died in 2001) | |
| April 29th, 1922 (April 29 1922) | Birth | Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player | |
| April 29th, 1920 (April 29 1920) | Birth | Harold Shapero, American composer | |
| April 29th, 1920 (April 29 1920) | Death | William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (born in 1839) | |
| April 29th, 1919 (April 29 1919) | Birth | Gerard Oury, French film actor and director (died in 2006) | |
| April 29th, 1918 (April 29 1918) | Birth | George Allen, American football player and coach (died in 1990) | |
| April 29th, 1917 (April 29 1917) | Birth | Celeste Holm, American actress | |
| April 29th, 1916 (April 29 1916) | Event | World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at Kut. One of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point. | |
| April 29th, 1916 (April 29 1916) | Event | Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin. | Martial Quotes |
| April 29th, 1916 (April 29 1916) | Death | Jorgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (born in 1850) | |
| April 29th, 1915 (April 29 1915) | Birth | Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (died in 1999) | |
| April 29th, 1912 (April 29 1912) | Birth | Richard Carlson, American actor (died in 1977) | |
| April 29th, 1909 (April 29 1909) | Birth | Tom Ewell, American actor (died in 1994) | |
| April 29th, 1908 (April 29 1908) | Birth | Jack Williamson, American writer (died in 2006) | |
| April 29th, 1907 (April 29 1907) | Birth | Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (died in 1983) | |
| April 29th, 1907 (April 29 1907) | Birth | Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (died in 1997) | |
| April 29th, 1903 (April 29 1903) | Event | A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada. | |
| April 29th, 1903 (April 29 1903) | Death | Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (born in 1835) | |
| April 29th, 1901 (April 29 1901) | Birth | Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (died in 1989) | |
| April 29th, 1899 (April 29 1899) | Birth | Duke Ellington, American jazz pianist and bandleader (died in 1974) | Duke Ellington Quotes |
| April 29th, 1895 (April 29 1895) | Birth | Sir Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (died in 1967) | |
| April 29th, 1893 (April 29 1893) | Birth | Harold Urey, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 1981) | |
| April 29th, 1885 (April 29 1885) | Birth | Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (died in 1948) | |
| April 29th, 1882 (April 29 1882) | Event | The "Elektromote" - forerunner of the trolleybus - is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin. | |
| April 29th, 1882 (April 29 1882) | Birth | Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (died in 1945) | |
| April 29th, 1879 (April 29 1879) | Birth | Thomas Beecham, English conductor (died in 1961) | Thomas Beecham Quotes |
| April 29th, 1876 (April 29 1876) | Birth | Zauditu of Ethiopia (died in 1930) | |
| April 29th, 1875 (April 29 1875) | Birth | Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (died in 1950) | |
| April 29th, 1872 (April 29 1872) | Birth | Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (died in 1930) | |
| April 29th, 1864 (April 29 1864) | Event | The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. | |
| April 29th, 1863 (April 29 1863) | Birth | William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (died in 1951) | |
| April 29th, 1863 (April 29 1863) | Birth | Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (died in 1933) | Constantine P. Cavafy Quotes |
| April 29th, 1863 (April 29 1863) | Birth | Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (died in 1922) | |
| April 29th, 1862 (April 29 1862) | Event | American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut. | |
| April 29th, 1861 (April 29 1861) | Event | American Civil War: Maryland s House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union. | |
| April 29th, 1854 (April 29 1854) | Birth | Henri Poincare, French mathematician and physicist (died in 1912) | Henri Poincare Quotes |
| April 29th, 1854 (April 29 1854) | Death | Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (born in 1768) | |
| April 29th, 1842 (April 29 1842) | Birth | Karl Millocker, Dutch composer (died in 1899) | |
| April 29th, 1837 (April 29 1837) | Birth | Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (died in 1891) | |
| April 29th, 1832 (April 29 1832) | Event | Evariste Galois released from prison. | |
| April 29th, 1798 (April 29 1798) | Death | Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (born in 1723) | |
| April 29th, 1793 (April 29 1793) | Death | Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (born in 1713) | |
| April 29th, 1793 (April 29 1793) | Death | John Michell, English scientist (born in 1724) | |
| April 29th, 1784 (April 29 1784) | Birth | Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (died in 1850) | |
| April 29th, 1782 (April 29 1782) | Death | Richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral (born in 1718) | |
| April 29th, 1780 (April 29 1780) | Birth | Charles Nodier, French writer (died in 1844) | |
| April 29th, 1776 (April 29 1776) | Death | Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (born in 1713) | |
| April 29th, 1770 (April 29 1770) | Event | James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia. | |
| April 29th, 1768 (April 29 1768) | Death | Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (born in 1694) | |
| April 29th, 1762 (April 29 1762) | Birth | Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (died in 1833) | |
| April 29th, 1745 (April 29 1745) | Birth | Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (died in 1807) | |
| April 29th, 1743 (April 29 1743) | Death | Charles-Irenee Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (born in 1658) | |
| April 29th, 1727 (April 29 1727) | Birth | Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer (died in 1810) | |
| April 29th, 1707 (April 29 1707) | Death | George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (born in 1678) | |
| April 29th, 1698 (April 29 1698) | Death | Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (born in 1655) | |
| April 29th, 1688 (April 29 1688) | Death | Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (born in 1620) | |
| April 29th, 1686 (April 29 1686) | Birth | Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (died in 1742) | |
| April 29th, 1676 (April 29 1676) | Death | Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (born in 1607) | |
| April 29th, 1672 (April 29 1672) | Event | Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. | Louis XIV of France Quotes |
| April 29th, 1667 (April 29 1667) | Birth | John Arbuthnot, English physician and satirist (died in 1735) | John Arbuthnot Quotes |
| April 29th, 1665 (April 29 1665) | Birth | James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (died in 1745) | |
| April 29th, 1658 (April 29 1658) | Death | John Cleveland, English poet (born in 1613) | |
| April 29th, 1630 (April 29 1630) | Death | Agrippa d Aubigne, French poet (born in 1552) | |
| April 29th, 1594 (April 29 1594) | Death | Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer | |
| April 29th, 1429 (April 29 1429) | Event | Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. | Joan of Arc Quotes |
| April 29th, 1380 (April 29 1380) | Death | Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (born in 1347) | |
| April 29th, 0926 (April 29 0926) | Death | Burchard II, Duke of Swabia | |
| April 29th, 0534 (April 29 0534) | Birth | Taliesin, Welsh poet, according to legend in Mabinogion | |
