Exile of Henry VI
Northumberland, Clifford, Roos, and Dacre, central figures in Lancastrian court power, died or fled, ending the house's domination of northern England.
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March 29 in History
This permanent archive page contains 159 World History Database records for March 29, spanning 1461 to 2022. Recorded topics include Battle of Marston Moor; Battle of Towton Moor; Exile of Henry VI.
Total: 159Events: 134Births: 2Deaths: 7Battles: 16Countries: 28
Events on March 29
Exile of Henry VI
On receiving news of the Lancastrian defeat, Henry fled into exile in Scotland with his wife and son.
Exile of Henry VI
The Battle of Towton severely reduced the House of Lancaster's power in England.
Exile of Henry VI
They were later joined by Somerset, Roos, Exeter, and the few Lancastrian nobles who escaped from the battlefield.
Succession
Edward turns his attention to consolidating his rule over the country, winning over the people and putting down the rebellions raised by the few remaining Lancastrian diehards.
Succession
He knighted several of his supporters and elevated several of his gentry supporters to the peerage; Fauconberg was made the Earl of Kent.
Succession
The Battle of Towton Moor put an end (for the time being) to disputes over the countrys state of leadership since the Act of Accord.
Succession
The English people were assured that there was now one King.
Invasion of England
Reaches Coventry where he is able to offer Battle to the Earl of Warwick
King's Style Act
Parliament confirms Henry VIII's royal style including King of Ireland, Defender of the Faith and Supreme Head of the Church of England and Ireland.
King's Style Act
Parliament confirms Henry VIII's style as Defender of the Faith and Supreme Head of the Church of England and Ireland.
King's Style Act
The King's Style Act makes it treason to attempt to deprive Henry VIII of his royal titles and religious style.
Third Succession Act
Elizabeth is restored to the line of succession after Mary, without reversing her illegitimacy.
Third Succession Act
Mary is restored to the line of succession after Edward, without reversing her illegitimacy.
Third Succession Act
The Act places Prince Edward first in the line of succession as Henry VIII's male heir.
Third Succession Act
The Third Succession Act receives royal assent, revising the Tudor succession settlement.
Treason Act
The Treason Act allows treasons committed outside the king's dominions to be tried within England.
Peace Proclaimed
Peace with France is publicly proclaimed in England following the Treaty of Boulogne.
Defeat at Sarangpur
Baz Bahadur is defeated by Mughal forces and flees Malwa.
Victory at Cheriton
Waller defeats Hopton's Royalist army at Cheriton and gains control of much of Hampshire for Parliament.
Reform of Religious Tests
Assents to the Test Act. All public office holders must take public communion in the Church of England
Royal Reconciliation Gesture
Kisses William III's hand as his gradual political rehabilitation gains momentum.
Diet of Porvoo
Receives the allegiance of the Finnish estates and confirms Finland's religion, laws and traditional privileges.
Pragmatic Sanction of 1830
Issues the Pragmatic Sanction allowing his daughter to inherit the Spanish crown.
Barrackpore Mutiny
Mangal Pandey's attack at Barrackpore exposes deep unrest among Bengal Army sepoys before the wider revolt.
Reballion of Rebels in Barrackpore
Mangal Pandey attacks British officers at Barrackpore, becoming an early symbol of the 1857 uprising.
Abdication
The last Mughal ruler is deposed
Constitution of Venezuela
The Constitution of 1901 strengthened the presidency and reorganized the federal states.
Coal Mines Minimum Wage Act
Secures passage of the Coal Mines Minimum Wage Act.
Coal Mines Minimum Wage Act
Secures passage of the Coal Mines Minimum Wage Act.
Coal Wage District Boards
Creates district boards to set minimum underground wage rates.
Final Camp
Dies with Wilson and Bowers near One Ton Depot.
Final Diary Entry
Scott writes his final diary entry while the surviving polar party remains trapped by a blizzard near One Ton Depot.
Final Diary Entry
Writes his final diary entry near One Ton Depot.
National Coal Strike Settlement
Creates district boards to establish minimum underground wage rates.
Polar Party Final Camp
Scott, Wilson and Bowers die in their tent soon afterward.
Reichstag Reparations Speech
Addresses the Reichstag on reparations and German foreign policy shortly before the Genoa Conference.
Chancellor
Chancellors Bruning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships
Chancellor
Heinrich Bruning is appointed the successor of Chancellor Muller by Paul von Hindenburg after months of political lobbying by General Kurt von Schleicher on behalf of the military
Constitution of Germany
Chancellors Bruning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships.
Constitution of Germany
The new Government is expected to lead a political shift towards conservatism, based on the emergency powers granted to the Reichspresident by the constitution, since it had no majority support in the Reichstag.
Prime Minister of Poland
Appointed Prime Minister of Poland, 1st term
Weimar Republic
The new Government is expected to lead a political shift towards conservatism, based on the emergency powers granted to the Reichspresident by the constitution, since it had no majority support in the Reichstag. Chancellors Bruning, Papen, Schleicher and Hitler are all Presidentially appointed dictatorships
The Testament of Dr Mabuse
The Nazi regime bans The Testament of Dr Mabuse after its release is blocked.
Alliance Great Britain and Poland
Ends appeasement of Germany by commiting Britain to defend Poland. Embarks on policy which leads to British declaration of war against Germany
Declaration of War
Embarks on policy which leads to British declaration of war against Germany
Mobilization
Cabinet decides to double the territorial force
Reopening of Suez Canal
Restores international navigation after wrecks from the Suez conflict are cleared.
Sovereignty
Reopens the Suez Canal under Egyptian administration after wrecks from the invasion are cleared.
Congress Defendant Acquitted
Leaves court without conviction on the treason charges.
Treason Charges Dismissed
The court rejects the state high treason case.
Treason Trial Acquittal
Is acquitted with the remaining Treason Trial defendants.
Treason Trial Acquittal
Is acquitted at the conclusion of the Treason Trial.
President of Argentina
Appointed President of Argentina after the overthrow of Arturo Frondizi
Unauthorized Cuban Raid Policy
McCone recommended that the United States disassociate itself from unauthorized Cuban exile raids and take steps to prevent their continuation.
Siege of Embassy
Viet Cong terrorists bomb the U.S. embassy in Saigon
President of Ecuador
Appointed President of Ecuador
President of Ecuador
Appointed acting President of Ecuador after the military junta resigned
Dean Grand Jury Statement
Discusses draft language concerning John Dean, Dean's forthcoming grand-jury testimony, executive privilege and possible responses to Watergate accusations.
Executive Privilege and Watergate
Reviews executive-privilege questions, the Ervin Committee and possible White House responses to inquiries about Dean and Watergate.
President of Turkey
Appointed President of Turkey, acting
Watergate Public Forum
Discusses possible forums for answering Watergate accusations, including the Senate Ervin Committee and anticipated questions.
Mariner 10 Mercury Flyby
Mariner 10 makes the first spacecraft flyby of Mercury, validating the trajectory that permits later repeat encounters.
Mercury Magnetic Field
Mariner 10 magnetometer observations reveal that Mercury possesses an intrinsic magnetic field strong enough to form a magnetosphere.
Prime Minister of Romania
Manescu becomes prime minister after the presidency is created.
Blow by Blow
Produces Blow by Blow, a major instrumental rock album for guitarist Jeff Beck.
President of Argentina
Appointed de facto President of Argentina after the 1976 coup
Budget
Healey presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
CIA-related assassination records become part of later investigations.
Economic Recovery after IMF Crisis
Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.
Economic Recovery after IMF Crisis - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.
Economic Recovery after IMF Crisis - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.
Economic Recovery after IMF Crisis - IMF
IMF context: Uses the March Budget as the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
Shortly after Chief Counsel Richard Sprague declined to sign CIA secrecy oaths and began asking pointed questions about Oswald's visit to Mexico City, he began to be denounced in the press and by his own committee chairman, Henry Gonzalez.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
The Church Committee's unfinished business fell to the House Select Committee on Assassinations.
House Select Committee on Assassinations (HSCA)
The committee was almost terminated before it got started, rescued only by the resignations of Gonzalez and Sprague, and the apparent suicide of key witness George de Mohrenschildt
HSCA Witness
Dies before the committee can question him in person.
March Budget
Healey presents a Budget as sterling stabilises and the government seeks economic recovery after the IMF crisis.
March Budget after IMF Crisis
Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.
March Budget after IMF Crisis - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.
March Budget after IMF Crisis - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.
March Budget after IMF Crisis - IMF
IMF context: Presents the March Budget as sterling stabilises after the IMF crisis.
Oswald Meeting
Mohrenschildt gave an interview to author Edward Jay Epstein, during which he claimed that in 1962, Dallas CIA operative J. Walton Moore and one of Moore-s associates had handed him the address of Lee Harvey Oswald in nearby Fort Worth and then suggested that Mohrenschildt might like to meet him
Post-IMF Budget
Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.
Post-IMF Budget - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.
Post-IMF Budget - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.
Post-IMF Budget - IMF
IMF context: Presents a Budget after the IMF crisis as sterling pressure eases.
Premiership Ends
Sein Win leaves the prime ministership
Prime Minister Takes Office
Maung Maung Kha becomes Prime Minister of socialist Burma
Sterling Stabilisation
Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.
Sterling Stabilisation - Economic Policy
Economic-policy record linked to the IMF crisis: Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.
Sterling Stabilisation - Government Response
Government response under Denis Winston Healey: Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.
Sterling Stabilisation - IMF
IMF context: Presents the Budget as sterling stabilises following the IMF crisis.
First Gravitational Lens
Co-discovers Q0957+561, the first confirmed gravitationally lensed quasar.
HSCA Final Report
The committee submitted its final report, preserving its findings on Oswald, possible conspiracy, Cuba-related allegations, and the performance of federal agencies.
President of Argentina
Appointed de facto President of Argentina after Jorge Rafael Videla
Argentine Invasion of Falklands
The Joint Intelligence Committee reports an invasion seems imminent, Thatcher orders 3 nuclear submarines south to the Islands
Brussels European Council
Represents Greece as leaders consider economic recovery and Community budget questions.
Submarine Deployment
Orders nuclear submarines south as invasion fears grow.
Brussels European Council
Represents Greece as leaders prepare for treaty reform and completion of the internal market.
Resignation of Giulio Andreotti
Forced to resign by the Socialist Party
Academy Award
Wins Best Picture and Best Director Academy Awards for Unforgiven.
Civilian Presidency Begins
Restores elected civilian presidency after NPRC military rule
Civilian Rule Restored
Kabbah is sworn in as civilian president after military rule
President Sworn In
Sworn in as President after winning the 1996 election
Turin European Council
Hosts the special European Council that opens the intergovernmental conference to revise Maastricht.
Turin European Council
Represents Greece as the intergovernmental conference opens negotiations that later produce the Amsterdam Treaty.
Turin Intergovernmental Conference
Chirac participated in launching negotiations that produced the Amsterdam Treaty.
Turin Intergovernmental Conference
Participates as the intergovernmental conference opens negotiations that later produce the Treaty of Amsterdam.
Turin Intergovernmental Conference
Represents Greek diplomacy at the opening of treaty-reform negotiations.
Europa March Flyby
Galileo makes another targeted pass of Europa during the extended mission.
President of Paraguay
Assumes the presidency after the resignation of Raul Cubas.
Operation Defensive Shield
Is confined in his Ramallah compound during Israel's West Bank operation.
Operation Defensive Shield
Orders a large West Bank operation after suicide bombings inside Israel.
Romania Joins NATO
Nastase deposits Romania's instrument of accession to the North Atlantic Treaty.
Riyadh Summit
Backs renewed Arab League endorsement of the Arab Peace Initiative at the Riyadh summit.
Harmonised Election
Mugabe contests presidential and parliamentary elections against a strengthened opposition.
Parliamentary Election Results
ZANU-PF wins fewer elected Assembly seats than the combined MDC factions.
London Conference on Libya
Opens an international conference coordinating political and diplomatic support for Libya's transition.
UNOCI Force Command
The United Nations selects Muhammad Iqbal Asi of Pakistan to command the UN peacekeeping force in Cote d'Ivoire.
Article 50 Triggered
The United Kingdom gives formal notice of withdrawal from the European Union.
Brexit
The United Kingdom gives formal notice of withdrawal from the European Union.
Original Exit Date Missed
The original Brexit date passes without the United Kingdom leaving the European Union.
Third Deal Defeat
The Commons rejects the Withdrawal Agreement for a third time.
Third Meaningful Vote
The Commons rejects the Withdrawal Agreement for a third time.
COVID-19
Orders lockdowns in Lagos, Ogun and Abuja.
COVID-19
Addresses the nation as Sweden follows a less restrictive pandemic strategy.
Address to Denmark's Folketing
Calls on Denmark to tighten sanctions and support the restoration of Ukraine's territorial integrity.
Istanbul Negotiations
Leads the Ukrainian delegation in peace talks with Russian negotiators in Istanbul
Istanbul Negotiations
Leads the Russian delegation in peace talks with Ukraine in Istanbul
Births on March 29
Birth of Ferdinando Fairfax
Birth of Ferdinando Fairfax, later second Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Birth of David Paul Greenfield
Birth of David Paul Greenfield, later keyboard player with The Stranglers.
Deaths on March 29
Death of Edward Wilson
Dies with Scott and Bowers in the final camp.
Death of Henry Bowers
Dies with Scott and Wilson during the return journey.
Death of Henry Robertson Bowers
Dies with Scott and Wilson in their final camp during the return from the South Pole
Death of Eileen Orwell
Eileen Orwell dies during an operation.
Death of George de Mohrenschildt
Death of George de Mohrenschildt, suicide
Death of George de Mohrenschildt
Mohrenschildt received a business card from Gaeton Fonzi, an investigator for the House Select Committee on Assassinations, telling him that he would like to see him. The HSCA considered him a "crucial witness".
Death of George de Mohrenschildt
That afternoon, Mohrenschildt was found dead from a self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head in a house where he was staying in Manalapan Florida. The coroner's verdict was suicide
Battles on March 29
Battle of Marston Moor
Fights on the side of the Yorkists who defeat the Lancasrians
Battle of Marston Moor
Victory improves Richards chances of succession. Richard Duke of Yorks brother Edward wins the Battle of Towton
Battle of Towton Moor
Without their King on the battlefield, the Lancastrians relied on Henry Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, to command their army. He was fairly experienced in matters of war and credited with the Lancastrians victory at Wakefield and St Albans
Battle of Towton Moor
Fights for the defeated Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton Moor
Battle of Towton Moor
Defeat at Towton forces Margaret, Edward & Henry into exile in Scotland then France
Battle of Towton Moor
Fights for the defeated Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton Moor
Battle of Towton Moor
He was quick to adapt to new situations; among his previous achievements were the administration of Calais, leading several piracy expeditions, and the command of the vanguard at the Battle of Northampton
Battle of Towton Moor
The Yorkist leader Lord Fauconberg orders his archers to take advantage of the strong wind to outrange their enemies. The one-sided missile exchange, with Lancastrian arrows falling short of the Yorkist ranks, provoked the Lancastrians into abandoning their defensive positions.
Battle of Towton Moor
Warwick placed great value on his uncle, William Nevillle, a veteran of the Anglo-French wars, esteemed by his peers in military affairs.
Battle of Towton Moor
Fights for the defeated Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton Moor
Battle of Towton Moor
About 28,000 are killed, the most bloody Battle on English soil
Battle of Towton Moor
Fights for the defeated Lancastrians at the Battle of Towton Moor
Battle of Towton Moor
Fights on the side of the Yorkists who defeat the Lancasrians
Battle of Sarangpur
Mughal forces defeat Baz Bahadur and take Malwa.
Battle of Sarangpur
Adham Khan commands Mughal forces against Baz Bahadur.
Battle of Najaf
The 101st Airborne Division on March 29, supported by a battalion from the 1st Armored Division attacked Iraqi forces in the southern part of the city, near the Imam Ali Mosque and captured Najafs airfield