THE DAY IN HISTORY · JULY 29
July 29 in history
What happened on July 29: 2 moments from the Maps of History atlases, in 1830 and 1858, each linked to the map that shows it.
— July Revolution
27–29 Jul 1830 — “Three Glorious Days” of barricades end the restored Bourbons for good; a liberal “citizen king” takes the throne. A revolution — stopped halfway.
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— Harris Treaty
29 Jul 1858 — On the authority of the shogun’s chief minister, Ii Naosuke, commissioners sign the commercial treaty aboard USS Powhatan in Edo Bay, although the emperor has refused his consent. Ii then purges the treaty’s critics, and within two years he is assassinated outside Edo Castle.
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