March 29

Today in History
• 0845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok
• 1461 - Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses)
• 1638 - 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
• 1798 - Republic of Switzerland forms
• 1673 - English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholics excluded from public functions
• 1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back
• 1804 - Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti
• 1827 - 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Commemoration Of Boganda
• Knights Of Columbus Founder's Day
• Little Red Wagon Day
• Martyrs’ Day in Madagascar
• National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
• Payday It Forward
• Vietnam Veterans Day
• World Piano Day

Birthdays
• 1123 - Shizong of Jin [Wulu], Chinese Emperor
• 1517 - Carlo Carafa, Italian cardinal, born in Naples, Italy
• 1561 - Santorio Sanctorius, physiologist and physician (invented thermometer)
• 1668 - Thomas Coram, philanthropist (Founder of the Foundling Hospital)
• 1769 - Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal, 10th Prime Minister of France
• 1790 - John Tyler, born in Virginia, 10th President, 1841-1845
• 1799 - Edward Stanley, Earl Derby, C, British Prime Minister
• 1816 - Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama, born in Chamdo