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April 29

April 29 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1429 and 1997. Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on April 29?

April 29 is the 119th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1429 and 1997. Famous people born on April 29 include Taoufik Makhloufi, Duke Ellington and Andre Agassi.

The shape of the day

From 1429 to 1997, April 29 gathers 568 years of history. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Taurus is the sign for April 29 — read more on the Taurus page, or see April's birthstone & birth flower.

Released on April 29

Movies, games, albums & shows

2026

  • Movie Hokum
  • Game Industria II
  • Movie The Devil Wears Prada 2

2025

  • Game Many Nights a Whisper
  • Game Wizordum

2024

  • Game Echoes of the Plum Grove

2022

  • Game Ravenous Devils

Release data from TMDB & IGDB.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1429

    Joan of Arc

    Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

  2. 1770

    James Cook

    James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.

  3. 1903

    Frank Slide

    A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.

  4. 1910

    Parliament of the United Kingdom

    The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

  5. 1916

    World War I

    World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

  6. 1945

    World War II

    World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.

  7. 1945

    Adolf Hitler

    World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.

  8. 1970

    Vietnam War

    Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.

  9. 1991

    1991 Bangladesh cyclone

    A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.

  10. 1997

    Chemical Weapons Convention

    The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

Famous birthday twins

Born on April 29

Taoufik Makhloufi

b. 1988

Algerian athlete

Duke Ellington

b. 1899

American pianist, composer and bandleader

Andre Agassi

b. 1970

American tennis player

Bernie Madoff

b. 1938

American businessman, financier and convicted felon

Lonnie Donegan

b. 1931

Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist

Misaki Doi

b. 1991

Japanese tennis player

Hirohito

b. 1901

Japanese emperor

Bob Bryan

b. 1978

American tennis player

Deaths

  • 2008Albert Hofmann
  • 2006John Kenneth Galbraith
  • 1980Alfred Hitchcock
  • 1978Theo Helfrich
  • 1956Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb
  • 1951Ludwig Wittgenstein

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Catherine of Siena (Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Hugh of Cluny
  • —Christian feast day: Robert of Molesme
  • —Christian feast day: Wilfrid II
  • —Christian feast day: April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
  • —International Dance Day (UNESCO)
  • —Shōwa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5. (Japan)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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