What is March 29?
{{calendar}} {{day}} == Events == === Up to 1900 === * [[502]] &ndash; King [[Gundobad]] issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at [[Lyon]] that makes [[Gaul|Gallo-Romans]] and [[Burgundy|Burgundians]] subject to the same [[law]]s. * [[1430]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] under [[Murad II]] captures the [[Byzantine Empire|Byzantine]] [[city]] of [[Thessaloniki|Thessalonica]]. * [[1461]] &ndash; [[Wars of the Roses]]: In the [[Battle of Towton]], Edward of York defeats [[Margaret of Anjou]] to become King [[Edward IV of England]]. * [[1549]] &ndash; The [[city]] of [[Salvador, Bahia]], northeastern [[Brazil]], is founded. * [[1632]] &ndash; The [[Treaty of Saint-Germain]] is signed, returning [[Quebec]] to French control after the English had seized it in [[1629]]. * [[1638]] &ndash; Swedish colonists create the first [[Europe]]an settlement in [[Delaware]], naming it New [[Sweden]]. * [[1792]] &ndash; King [[Gustav III of Sweden]] dies, after being shot at a masquerade ball. * [[1809]] &ndash; [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]] abdicates, and the Grand Duchy of [[Finland]] goes to [[Russia]]n control. * [[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican-American War]]: [[US]] forces led by [[General officer|General]] [[Winfield Scott]] take [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]], after a siege. * [[1848]] &ndash; [[Niagara Falls]] stop flowing for 30 hours, due to [[ice]]. * [[1849]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom]] annexes the [[Punjab region|Punjab]]. * [[1865]] &ndash; [[American Civil War]]: Federal forces under Major General [[Philip Sheridan]] move to flank [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces under [[Robert E. Lee]] as the [[Appomattox Campaign]] begins. * [[1867]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] gives [[Royal Assent]] to the [[British North America Act]] which creates the [[Dominion]] of [[Canada]] on [[July 1]], [[1867]]. * [[1871]] &ndash; The [[Royal Albert Hall]] in [[London]] is opened by [[Queen Victoria]]. * [[1879]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]]: [[Battle of Kambula]] – British forces defeat an army of 20,000 [[Zulu]]s. * [[18