29 April in history
6 events that happened on 29 April, from 1429 to 1992.
✦ Anniversary of the day
1429 CE 597 years ago
Joan of Arc enters besieged Orléans
Joan of Arc entered Orléans with supplies and reinforcements. Within ten days the English abandoned the siege, a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
1916 CE 110 years ago
British garrison surrenders to the Ottomans at Kut
After a siege of nearly five months, General Charles Townshend surrendered some 13,000 British and Indian troops at Kut al-Amara in Mesopotamia. Thousands died in captivity.
1945 CE 81 years ago
US troops liberate Dachau
American soldiers entered Dachau, the first concentration camp, opened in 1933. They found more than 30,000 prisoners and thousands of bodies.
1991 CE 35 years ago
Cyclone strikes the coast of Bangladesh
A severe tropical cyclone drove a storm surge of up to six metres onto the Chittagong coast, killing some 138,000 people. It led to wider investment in cyclone shelters and warnings.
1992 CE 34 years ago
Rioting erupts in Los Angeles after the Rodney King verdict
Riots began after four police officers were acquitted of beating Rodney King. Over six days more than 60 people died and damage reached about $1 billion.
