WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. APRIL
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Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus). (29. April 711)

Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexius I. (29. April 1091)

Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal. (29. April 1386)

Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. (29. April 1429)

Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile. (29. April 1483)

Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops under Gustav Vasa defeat a Danish force under Didrik Slagheck in the Battle of Västerås and soon capture the city of Västerås. The Danish-held castle, however, does not surrender to the Swedes until 31 January the following year, after a nine-month siege. (29. April 1521)

Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet. (29. April 1587)

Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. (29. April 1672)

James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia. (29. April 1770)

American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique. (29. April 1781)

Évariste Galois is released from prison. (29. April 1832)

American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union. (29. April 1861)

American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut. (29. April 1862)

Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War. (29. April 1864)

The "Elektromote" – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin. (29. April 1882)

A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, North-West Territories, Canada. (29. April 1903)

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public. (29. April 1910)

World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point. (29. April 1916)

Easter Rising: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin. (29. April 1916)

World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to become a liaison between London and the local maquis group. (29. April 1944)