What is October 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[312]] &ndash; [[Constantine the Great|Constantine I]] enters [[Rome]] after his victory at the Milvian Bridge. * [[969]] &ndash; [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] troops occupy [[Antioch]], [[Syria]]. * [[1390]] &ndash; The first [[witchcraft]] trial to take place in [[Paris]] begins, later ending in three people being [[Execution|executed]]. * [[1422]] &ndash; [[Charles VII of France]] becomes [[king]]. * [[1618]] &ndash; English explorer and statesman [[Walter Raleigh]] is executed. * [[1675]] &ndash; [[Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz]] makes the first use of the [[long s]] as a symbol of the [[integral]] in [[calculus]]. * [[1787]] &ndash; [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]'s opera ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' is publicly performed for the first time, in [[Prague]]. * [[1792]] &ndash; The [[Mount Hood]] [[volcano]] in [[Oregon]] is given its name. * [[1863]] &ndash; At a meeting in [[Geneva]], 18 countries agree to form the [[International Red Cross]]. * [[1863]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Battle of Wauhatchie]] takes place. * [[1867]] &ndash; Near the [[British Virgin Islands]], the British [[ship]] RMS ''Rhone'' sinks in a strong [[hurricane]], killing at least 24 people. * [[1886]] &ndash; The first ticker–tape parade takes place in [[New York City]] to celebrate the [[inauguration]], on the previous day, of the [[Statue of Liberty]]. * [[1888]] &ndash; The [[Convention of Constantinople]] is signed. It guarantees free [[Sea|maritime]] passage through the [[Suez Canal]], both in peace–time and in times of war. * [[1894]] &ndash; [[New Zealand]] passenger steamer ''Wairarapa'' strikes a [[reef]] off eastern [[Australia]] and sinks, killing 121 people. * [[1900]] &ndash; An [[explosion]] at a [[New York (state)|New York]] chemical factory kills almost 200 people. === 1901 &ndash; 1950 === * [[1901]] &ndash; For fatally shooting US President [[William McKinley]], [[Leon Czolgosz]] is executed by electrocution. * [[1901]] &ndash; American [[nurse]] [[Jane Toppan]] is ar