Events for July 29

July 29, 1883

James Carey, member of the Invincibles, turns Queens evidence

The Irish National Invincibles, usually known as the Invincibles, were a splinter group of the Irish Republican Brotherhood.

July 29, 1488

Breton army of Fransex II is defeated at Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier

The Battle of Saint-Aubin-du-Cormier took place on 28 July 1488, between the forces of King Charles VIII of France, and those of Francis II, Duke of Brittany, and his allies. The defeat of the latter signalled the end to the “guerre folle” (‘Mad war’), a feudal conflict in which French aristocrats revolted against royal power during the regency of Anne de Beaujeu. It also effectively precipitated the end of the independence of Brittany from France

July 29, 1567

King James VI crowned at the Church of the Holy Rude

James VI of Scots-James I of England and Ireland (Charles James Stuart) (June 19, 1566 ? March 27, 1625) was King of England, King of Scots, and King of Ireland and was the first to style himself King of Great Britain. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567. Then from the Union of the Crowns, in England and Ireland as James I, from 24 March 1603 until his death. He was the first monarch of England from the House of Stuart, succeeding the last Tudor monarch, Elizabeth I, who died without issue.

July 29, 1848

Young Ireland rising, Battle of the Widow MacCormacks cabbage garden

Young Ireland was a political and cultural movement in the 1840s committed to an all-Ireland struggle for independence and democratic reform.