Quick Facts — July 29 in History Category Detail Most Significant Event Destruction of the First Temple in Jerusalem by the Neo-Babylonian Empire (587 BC) Top Key Events Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem (587 BC) Battle of Kleidion between Byzantines and Bulgarians (1014) Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines crushes Spanish Armada (1588) Arc de Triomphe inaugurated…
In 711 CE, Tariq ibn Ziyad crossed from North Africa into Spain with roughly 7,000 men, defeated the Visigothic King Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete, and within months had captured Toledo, the Visigothic capital. This campaign — often called the Andalus campaign, after Al-Andalus, the name given to Muslim-ruled Iberia — ended nearly 300…
According to legend, Tariq ibn Ziyad burned his own ships after landing in Spain in 711 CE, cutting off any possibility of retreat and forcing his troops to fight with everything on the line. It’s one of the most repeated stories about him — but the earliest surviving accounts of the conquest don’t mention it…
Tariq ibn Ziyad was the Berber military commander who led the Umayyad conquest of Spain in 711 CE, crossing from North Africa and defeating the Visigothic King Roderic at the Battle of Guadalete. His name lives on in the very geography of the region — Gibraltar comes from Jabal Tariq, Arabic for “Mountain of Tariq,”…
Event Category Key Historical Details Most Significant Event Austria-Hungary declares war on Serbia, starting World War I (1914) Top Key Events Execution of Robespierre • Battle of Ankara • July Crisis escalation • Tangshan Earthquake • IRA ends armed campaign Key Battles That Day Battle of Cascina, Battle of Ankara, Battle of Warsaw, Battle of…
Event Category Key Historical Details Most Significant Event Arrest of Maximilien Robespierre, ending the Reign of Terror (1794) Top 10 Key Events Battle of Dunsinane (1054) • Battle of Bouvines (1214) • Founding of Ottoman state territory (1299) • Robespierre arrested (1794) • Van Gogh shoots himself (1890) • Insulin proven effective (1921) • Maiden…
Event Category Key Historical Details Most Significant Event Gamal Abdel Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal (1956) Top 10 Key Events Act of Abjuration declares Dutch independence (1581) • New York ratifies the U.S. Constitution (1788) • Liberia declares independence (1847) • Potsdam Declaration issued to Japan (1945) • Executive Order 9981 desegregates the U.S. military…
Event Category Key Historical Details Most Significant Event Louis Blériot completes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine (1909) Top 10 Key Events Blériot’s Channel crossing (1909) • Byzantine recapture of Constantinople (1261) • Birth of Louise Joy Brown, first IVF baby (1978) • Constantine I proclaimed Roman emperor (306) •…
Event Category Key Historical Details Most Significant Event Apollo 11 splashes down safely in the Pacific Ocean (1969) Top 10 Key Events Fall of Stirling Castle (1304) • Mary Queen of Scots forced to abdicate (1567) • Founding of Detroit (1701) • Brigham Young enters Salt Lake Valley (1847) • Kellogg–Briand Pact takes effect (1929)…
Event Category Key Historical Details Most Significant Event Austria-Hungary issues the July Ultimatum to Serbia (1914), setting off World War I Top 10 Key Events Pope John V elected (685) • Typographer patented by William Austin Burt (1829) • July Ultimatum issued to Serbia (1914) • Chinese Communist Party founded (1921) • Fox acquires Movietone…
