Template:On this day - September 29

Miguel Servet

• 1511 – Birth of Miguel Servet, Spanish theologian and scientist, condemned to die at the stake in Geneva, Switzerland (d. 1553).
• 1531 – In New Spain, the town of San Miguel de Culiacán (present-day Culiacán, Mexico) is founded.
• 1538 – On the site of the old Charca village of Chuquisaca (in the Governorate of New Toledo, present-day Bolivia), Pedro Anzúrez de Camporredondo founds the Villa de la Plata de la Nueva Toledo, later called Sucre.
• 1551 – In the Province of Santafé in the New Kingdom of Granada (present-day Colombia), the Villeta de San Miguel, known today as Villeta, is founded.
• 1547 – Birth of Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Spanish writer (d. 1616), author of Don Quijote de la Mancha.
• 1578 – In Central America, the town of Real de Minas de San Miguel de Tegucigalpa is founded; together with Comayagüela it is today the capital of Honduras.
• 1597 – In the Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico), the town of San Miguelito is founded.
• 1620 – In the Province of Venezuela (Viceroyalty of New Spain), San Miguel de Acarigua (present-day Acarigua) is founded.
• 1637 – Death of Lorenzo Ruiz, Filipino martyr and blessed (b. 1600).
• 1717 – The San Miguel earthquake strikes, partially destroying the city of Santiago de los Caballeros, capital of the Kingdom of Guatemala.
• 1820 – In present-day Argentina, the caudillo Francisco Ramírez founds the Republic of Entre Ríos.
• 1833 – Death of Ferdinand VII, King of Spain (b. 1784).
• 1833 – The reign of Queen Isabella II begins in Spain.
• 1858 – In Jalisco, Mexico, the Battle of Ahualulco is fought.
• 1864 – Spain and Portugal sign the Treaty of Lisbon, which establishes the present boundaries between the two countries.
• 1906 – In Cuba, thousands of American soldiers, under cover of the Platt Amendment, invade the island for the second time. A period of 2 years and 4 months without a legal government begins.
• 1916 – Birth of Antonio Buero Vallejo, Spanish playwright (d. 2000).
• 1919 – In Misiones Province (Argentina), the town of Eldorado is founded.
• 1932 – Paraguay and Bolivia (during the Chaco War) conclude the Battle of Boquerón.
• 1936 – In Spain (during the Civil War), the National Defense Junta names Francisco Franco Head of State and "Generalísimo" of the armies of the rebel faction.
• 1951 – Birth of Michelle Bachelet, Chilean politician and physician, twice president of Chile, in 2006-2010 and 2014-2018.
• 1979 – Death of Francisco Macías Nguema, Equatoguinean politician (b. 1924).
• 2019 – In Argentina, September 29 is established as the "Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste" by Resolution 44/2019 of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries.