March 29 is the 88th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar
(89th in Leap years). There are 277 days remaining. - 537 -
Vigilius was consecrated and enthroned as Pope, replacing
Silverius. - 1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Edward
of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of
England. - 1638 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement
in Delaware, called New Sweden. - 1792 - King Gustav III of
Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight
masquerade at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He
is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf. - 1799 - New York passes a law
aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state - 1806 -
Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known
as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal
highway. - 1809 - King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicated 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