Famous Deaths In August - 29
Thursday, 28 March 2024
0029 On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded
0886 Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.
1093 On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
1123 Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.
1395 Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.
1442 Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.
1523 On this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35
1526 On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
1533 Death of Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors on August - 29.
1542 Death of Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516) on this day in history.
1653 On this day in history death of gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49
1657 On this day in history death of john Lilburne, English dissenter
1712 Gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63 on August - 29.
1738 On August - 29 georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81
1758 On August - 29 gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
1769 Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
1780 On August - 29 death of jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
1782 Death of Richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral drowns (b. 1718) on August - 29.
1799 On August - 29 pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71
1821 On August - 29 horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86
1844 Death of Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762) on August - 29.
1856 On this day in history death of mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778)
1861 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 on August - 29.
1865 John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54 on August - 29.
1877 Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies on August - 29.
1889 On this day in history death of stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
1891 On this day in history death of pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)
1893 On August - 29 aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17]
1904 On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies
1909 On August - 29 emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies
1910 On August - 29 allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
1914 On August - 29 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle
1918 On August - 29 max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51
1921 Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83 on this day in history.
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