What is April 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[711]] &ndash; [[Moors|Moorish]] troops led by [[Tariq ibn-Ziyad]] land at [[Gibraltar]] to begin their invasion of the [[Iberia]]n [[Peninsula]]. * [[1429]] &ndash; [[Battle of Orléans]]: [[France|French]] troops led by [[Joan of Arc]] lifted the [[England|English]] [[Siege of Orleans]], a turning point in the [[Hundred Years' War]]. * [[1483]] &ndash; [[Gran Canaria]], the main island of the [[Canary Islands]], is conquered by the [[Kingdom of Castile]]. * [[1521]] &ndash; [[Swedish War of Liberation]]: [[Sweden|Swedish]] troops under [[Gustav Vasa]] defeat a [[Denmark|Danish]] force under [[Didrik Slagheck]] in the [[Battle of Vasteras]]. * [[1587]] &ndash; [[Francis Drake]] leads a raid in the [[Bay]] of [[Cadiz]], sinking at least 23 [[ship]]s of the Spanish fleet. * [[1672]] &ndash; [[Franco-Dutch War]]: [[Louis XIV of France]] invades the [[Netherlands]]. * [[1770]] &ndash; [[James Cook]] arrives at and names [[Botany Bay]], [[Australia]]. * [[1854]] &ndash; The [[Ashmun Institute]] is officially begins as the first [[college]] for [[African American]] students. * [[1861]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[Maryland]]'s House of Delegates votes not to split from the [[United States|Union]] * [[1862]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: [[New Orleans, Louisiana|New Orleans]] falls to [[United States|Union]] forces under Admiral [[David Farragut]]. * [[1882]] &ndash; The [[Elektromote]], a forerunner of the [[trolleybus]], is tested by [[Eduard Werner von Siemens]] in [[Berlin]]. === 1901 &ndash; 2000 === * [[1903]] &ndash; A 30 million cubic–metre landslide kills 70 in [[Frank, Alberta]], [[Canada]]. * [[1910]] &ndash; [[Andrew Fisher]] becomes [[Prime Minister of Australia]] for the second time. * [[1916]] &ndash; [[Easter Rebellion]]: [[Martial law]] in [[Ireland]] is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in [[Dublin]]. * [[1944]] &ndash; ''[[Dancing Romeo]]'', the last ''[[Our Gang]]