June 29
day of the year
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 185 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
Pre-1600
226 – Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.
626 – The Avars and Sassanids besiege Constantinople, held by Byzantine troops under Patrician Bonus.
1072 – Former Byzantine Emperor Romanos IV Diogenes is blinded on command of caesar John Doukas.
1149 – Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
1170 – A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.
1194 – Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.
1444 – Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1457 – The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire.
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