What is May 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[1176]] &ndash; [[Battle of Legnano]]: The [[Lombard League]] defeats [[Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor]]. * [[1328]] &ndash; [[Philip VI of France]] is crowned King. * [[1453]] &ndash; Fall of [[Constantinople]]: [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] [[Army|armies]] under [[Sultan]] Mehmed II Fatih captures [[Constantinople]] after a 53–day [[siege]], ending the [[Byzantine Empire]]. * [[1613]] &ndash; Heavy [[flood]]ing in [[Thuringia]] kills 2,261 people. * [[1660]] &ndash; [[Charles II of England|Charles II]] becomes [[King]] of [[England]], [[Scotland]] and [[Ireland]] as the monarchy is restored. * [[1677]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Middle Plantation]] establishes [[peace]] between the [[Virginia]] [[Colony|colonists]] and the local [[Native American]]s. * [[1717]] &ndash; The [[Spain|Spanish]] colonists create the Viceroyalty of New Granada, consisting of present–day [[Ecuador]], [[Colombia]] and [[Venezuela]], as well as areas that are now part of [[Peru]] and [[Guyana]]. * [[1727]] &ndash; [[Peter II of Russia|Peter II]] becomes [[Tsar]] of [[Russia]]. * [[1780]] &ndash; [[American Revolutionary War]]: At the [[Battle of the Waxhaws]], the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113. * [[1790]] &ndash; [[Rhode Island]] becomes the 13th State of the [[US]]. * [[1798]] &ndash; United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United [[Ireland|Irishmen]] are massacred by the British [[Army]] in [[County Kildare]], [[Ireland]]. * [[1825]] &ndash; King [[Charles X of France]] crowns himself in [[Reims]]. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[Wisconsin]] becomes the 30th State of the [[US]]. * [[1852]] &ndash; Operatic singer [[Jenny Lind]] leaves [[New York City]] after a two–year tour of the [[United States]]. * [[1867]] &ndash; The [[Austria-Hungary|Austro-Hungarian]] compromise establishes the Austro–Hungarian Empire. Emperor [[Franz Joseph I of Austria]] becomes King of [[Hungary]] on [[June 8]]. * [[1886]] &ndash; [[Chemist]] [[John Pemberton