| 1588 | The Spanish Armada is sighted off the coast of England. | |
| 1602 | The Duke of Biron is executed in Paris for conspiring with Spain and Savoy against King Henry IV of France. | |
| 1603 | Bartholomew Gilbert is killed in Virginia by Indians, during a search for the missing Roanoke colonists. | |
| 1693 | The Army of the Grand Alliance is destroyed by the French at the Battle of Neerwinden. | |
| 1830 | Liberals led by the Marquis de Lafayette seize Paris in opposition to the king's restrictions on citizens' rights. | |
| 1848 | A rebellion against British rule is put down in Tipperary, Ireland. | |
| 1858 | Japan signs a treaty of commerce and friendship with the United States. | |
| 1862 | Confederates are routed by Union guerrillas at Moore's Mill, Missouri. | |
| 1875 | Peasants in Bosnia and Herzegovina rebel against the Ottoman army. | |
| 1915 | U.S. Marines land at Port-au-Prince to protect American interests in Haiti. | |
| 1921 | Adolf Hitler becomes the president of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis). | |
| 1945 | After delivering parts of the first atomic bomb to the island of Tinian, the U.S.S. Indianapolis is sunk by a Japanese submarine. The survivors are adrift for two days before help arrives. | |
| 1981 | Prince Charles marries Lady Diana. | |
| 1990 | The Boston Red Sox hit 12 doubles in a game, setting a major league record. | |
| 1996 | A US federal court strikes down the child protection portion of the 1996 Communications Decency Act, calling it too broad. | |
| 2005 | Astronomers announce the discovery of dwarf planet Eris, leading the International Astronomic Union to clarify the definition of a planet. | |
Today in History July 29
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history.
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