Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/March 29
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March 29: Fast of the Firstborn begins at dawn (Judaism, 2010); Passover begins at sunset (Judaism, 2010)
- 1461 – Yorkist troops defeated Lancastrian forces at the Battle of Towton in Yorkshire, England, the largest battle in the Wars of the Roses up until that time with approximately 20,000 casualties.
- 1638 – Swedish settlers founded New Sweden near Delaware Bay, the first Swedish colony in America.
- 1807 – German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthäus Olbers discovered 4 Vesta, the brightest asteroid and the second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.
- 1871 – The Royal Albert Hall (pictured) in Albertopolis, London, was officially opened by Queen Victoria.
- 1911 – The M1911 single-action, semi-automatic pistol developed by American firearms designer John Browning became the standard-issue side arm in the United States Army.
- 1981 – More than 6,000 people took part in the first running of the London Marathon.