May 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in Fiji.
- 1167 - A 1,600-man force of the Holy Roman Empire led by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel defeated a 40,000-man Papal States army.
- 1453 - Constantinople fell to the besieging Ottoman army led by Sultan Mehmed II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
- 1660 - English Restoration: The monarchy in England was restored under King Charles II (pictured) on Oak Apple Day.
- 1914 - The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River after colliding with the Storstad, killing 1,012 on board.
- 1919 - Observations made by Arthur Eddington during a solar eclipse confirmed part of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
- 1953 - New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo took office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
May 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in Fiji.
- 1167 - A 1,600-man force of the Holy Roman Empire led by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel defeated a 40,000-man Papal States army.
- 1453 - Constantinople fell to the besieging Ottoman army led by Sultan Mehmed II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
- 1660 - English Restoration: The monarchy in England was restored under King Charles II (pictured) on Oak Apple Day.
- 1914 - The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the Saint Lawrence River after colliding with the Storstad, killing 1,012 on board.
- 1919 - Observations made by Arthur Eddington during a solar eclipse confirmed part of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity.
- 1953 - New Zealand's Sir Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo took office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.