1070
Nidaros Cathedral
is the northernmost medieval Gothic cathedral in the world — built 1070-1300 CE on the wider site of wider Saint Olaf's wider burial.
On this day
July 29
Cities around the world keep their histories on dates. Here is what happened on July 29 across the 3 editorial events Pyflo has so far catalogued for this date.
3 events
3 centuries
3 countries
1525
Santa Marta is the oldest continuously inhabited Spanish settlement in South America
founded by Rodrigo de Bastidas on July 29, 1525.
1858
Harris Treaty (Treaty of Amity and Commerce, July 29, 1858)
Hotta Masayoshi (1810-1864) served as Tairō (Chief Minister) of the Tokugawa Shogunate 1857-1858 during the main Bakumatsu opening-of-Japan crisis.
Drawn from the Pyflo Atlas — an interactive timeline of 1,601 editorial events reaching back to 2100 BCE, each pin a deep link into a city's full story. Watch history play out on the map →