April 29 in History

Athelstan granted Bishop Eadulf and the community of Crediton three hides at Sandford.

Francis of Guise marries Anne d Este and strengthens Italian dynastic links

Lockyer's funeral becomes a large Leveller demonstration, with mourners wearing sea-green ribbons and rosemary in memory of the cause

Chalrles attempts to prevent the passing of the Exclusion Bill. Agrees Catholic Sovereigns will lose control of Church & Government appointments

Succeeds as Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg before becoming King in Prussia.

Becomes Elector Frederick III of Brandenburg and Duke in Prussia.

The Preemption Act offers settlers cultivating land $1.25 an acre

Sets a landmark land-speed record using a streamlined battery-powered vehicle.

Drives an electric car beyond one hundred kilometres per hour.

Links taxation reform with social spending and naval requirements.

Links taxation reform with social spending and naval requirements.

Lloyd George presents a redistributive budget financing welfare and naval expenditure through higher taxation.

Introduces welfare finance later linked to social reform thinking.

Supports Lloyd George's radical budget in Cabinet and Parliament.

Backs Lloyd Georges radical budget in Cabinet and Parliament.

Introduces the Peoples Budget to the House of Commons.

Proposes new taxes on land, high incomes and estates.

Secures Royal Assent for the Finance Act.

Finally enacts the disputed People's Budget after constitutional conflict.

Responds in the Commons during an inquiry into reported naval and military movements.

Stoker searches for Ottoman shipping while remaining submerged for long periods to avoid patrols.

Receives command of the Eighth Army on the Southwestern Front.

Reports on losses and reinforcements after the first phase of the German spring offensives.

Signs a new concession replacing the 1901 D'Arcy agreement after negotiations with the Persian government.

Intervenes in the Commons over the Harworth colliery dispute.

Chamberlain fears a break with France & agrees to joint diplomatic action

Establishes the Production Development Corporation to support reconstruction and industrialization.

Conscription is created for 6 months service for men aged 20

Conscription is created for 6 months service for men aged 20

Subhas Chandra Bose resigns the Congress presidency after prolonged disagreement with the party leadership.

Taken aboard the Glasgow & conveyed to the new provisional capital at Tromso

Informed that 3 groups of German spies had been caught inside the Russian border

Approves the British support of the Free French in capturing Madagascar

Approves the British support of the Free French in capturing Madagascar

Cavallero accompanies Mussolini to the Klessheim conference, where Italian and German leaders review Mediterranean and Eastern Front plans.

Ciano attends the Klessheim meetings with Mussolini and the German leadership during discussions of Axis strategy.

Mussolini meets Hitler at Klessheim near Salzburg to discuss Axis strategy, including operations in the Mediterranean and Soviet Union.

Appointed Chancellor of Austria by the Soviet forces

Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia. Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland

Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Yugoslavia. Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland

Mussolinis body is displayed in Milan

A witness to the last will and testament of Adolf Hitler

A witness to the last will and testament of Adolf Hitler

It was dictated by Adolf Hitler to his secretary Traudl Junge in his Berlin Fuhrerbunker on 29 April 1945, the day he and Eva Braun married.

This record states: The last will and testament of Adolf Hitler was prompted by Hitler receiving a telegram from Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring asking for confirmation of Goring's succession.

This record states: combined with news of Heinrich Himmler's attempted negotiations of surrender with the western Allies, and reports that Red Army troops were within a block or two of the Reich Chancellery.

It was dictated by Adolf Hitler to his secretary Traudl Junge in his Berlin Fuhrerbunker on 29 April 1945, the day he and Eva Braun married.

This record states: The last will and testament of Adolf Hitler was prompted by Hitler receiving a telegram from Reichsmarschall Hermann Goring asking for confirmation of Goring's succession.

This record states: combined with news of Heinrich Himmler's attempted negotiations of surrender with the western Allies, and reports that Red Army troops were within a block or two of the Reich Chancellery.

The Allies liberate Dachau

The Allies liberate Dachau

Marries his mistress Eva Braun in the Bunker

The German army in Italy ceases resistance, ending the Italian campaign.

Churchill appeals to Stalin not to unilaterally impose Russian rule on Poland

The German Army on the Italian Front surrenders

Enters the Commons as one of the youngest MPs of the post-war Parliament.

Begins his first period of service in the House of Commons.

Wins the Southwark Central by-election and enters the House of Commons.

Scores both goals as Arsenal defeat Liverpool 2-0 in the FA Cup final.

Makes his competitive Barcelona debut in a Copa victory away to Sevilla.

Opens Owen Falls

India and China sign an agreement incorporating the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, widely known as Panchsheel.

Lee received a sentence including reduction to private and financial forfeitures following his first Marine court-martial.

Promulgates legislation protecting the organization of agricultural workers.

United States and South Vietnamese forces enter Cambodia against communist base areas

Announces that edited transcripts of subpoenaed Watergate conversations will be released while refusing to surrender all original recordings demanded by the House committee.

Commands one of the main forces attacking Saigon

Oversees the final US embassy evacuation from Saigon

Nine days after Nguyen Van Thieus resignation, the Vietnam war ends with the fall of Saigon

British Aerospace is formed from nationalised aircraft companies under the Aircraft and Shipbuilding Industries Act.

The Day the World Turned Day-Glo enters the Official Singles Chart and reaches number twenty-three.

Resigns after a US commando mission fails to rescue hostages from Iran, 8 lives lost

Leads the National Party to another parliamentary election victory.

Retains a commanding white parliamentary majority.

Syria installs Russian made surface-to-air missiles in Lebanon

Argentina rejects Haig proposals

The task force arrives at the exclusion zone

Reagan stands by his plans to lay a wreath on the graves of Nazi SS soldiers

Junior officers overthrow Joseph Momoh after military failures against the RUF

Valentine Strasser becomes head of the National Provisional Ruling Council

Israel and the PLO sign an agreement in Paris granting Palestinians broad authority to set taxes, control trade and regulate banks under self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho

Israel and the PLO sign an agreement in Paris granting Palestinians broad authority to set taxes, control trade and regulate banks under self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho

Israel and the PLO sign an agreement in Paris granting Palestinians broad authority to set taxes, control trade and regulate banks under self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho

Party backs rewriting of clause IV Labours historic commitment to nationalization

At a special Conference Clause 4 of the Party is changed to reflect the "New Labour"

Referendum extends Nazarbayev's presidential term

The Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force, establishing a verified global chemical disarmament regime.

Helps Barcelona's coaching staff secure the Copa del Rey after a penalty shootout against Mallorca.

Putin meets Blair & disagrees with the coalitions reasons for going to war with Iraq

Putin meets Blair & disagrees with the coalitions reasons for going to war with Iraq

UN-Cambodia agreement for the ECCC enters into force

Chelsea defeat Manchester United 3-0 to secure a second consecutive Premier League championship.

Toure wins re-election for a second constitutional presidential term.

Approach images begin showing distinct surface features on Pluto with steadily improving detail.

Abbas postpones planned Palestinian elections citing disputes over voting in East Jerusalem

Zhou leads Hubble ultraviolet observations of the young planet PDS 70b actively accreting material from its surrounding disk.

Makes his competitive first-team debut against Real Betis at fifteen years of age.

Birth of James Butler, later 2nd Duke of Ormond.

Birth of Hirohito

Mussolinis body is displayed in Milan

Killed in a rocket attack at Tan Son Nhut during the final evacuation period

Killed in a rocket attack at Tan Son Nhut during the final evacuation period

At 04:00 hours, in the Fuhrerbunker, Hitler signs his last will and testament and, shortly afterwards, married Eva Braun

On 29 April, the Soviet Information Bureau announced that troops of the 1st Belorussian Front continued to clear the streets of Berlin, occupied the northwest sector of Charlottenburg as far as Bismarck Street, the west half of Moabit, and the east part of Schoeneberg. Russian troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front occupied Friedenau and Grunewald in northwest Berlin

The Soviet 3rd Shock Army crossed the Moltke bridge and started to fan out into the surrounding streets and buildings

Richard III joins Lord Rivers who is escorting Edward V to London to be crowned