What happend on 29th March

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1865

American Civil War: Battle of Appomattox Court House begins

1849

The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab

1848

An upstream ice jam stops almost all water flow over Niagara Falls.

1847

Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.

1809

King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.

1806

Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.

1799

New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state

1792

King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.

1638

Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden.

1461

Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton