WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. MARCH
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King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws. (29. March 502)

The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures the Byzantine city of Thessalonica. (29. March 1430)

Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England. (29. March 1461)

Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna. (29. March 1500)

The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded. (29. March 1549)

Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. (29. March 1632)

Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden. (29. March 1638)

Yaoya Oshichi, 15-year-old Japanese girl, burnt at the stake for an act of arson committed due to unrequited love. (29. March 1683)

King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf. (29. March 1792)

Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. (29. March 1806)

King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden. (29. March 1809)

Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey. (29. March 1831)

Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege. (29. March 1847)

The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab. (29. March 1849)

Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. (29. March 1857)

American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins. (29. March 1865)

Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1. (29. March 1867)

The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria. (29. March 1871)

Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. (29. March 1879)

The Knights of Columbus are established. (29. March 1882)

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