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Famous Deaths In December - 29

Tuesday, 21 May 2013

1141 On this day in history death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed

1170 On this day in history death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II

1558 On this day in history hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31

1563 Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on this day in history.

1619 Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on this day in history.

1630 On this day in history jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51

1634 Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on this day in history.

1661 On this day in history death of antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)

1689 Death of Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on this day in history.

1703 On this day in history mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39

1731 J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 on this day in history.

1737 Death of Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659) on this day in history.

1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.

1815 Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on this day in history.

1821 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on this day in history.

1822 Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.

1825 Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on this day in history.

1835 Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.

1836 On this day in history johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83

1847 William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

1871 Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.

1877 On this day in history willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies

1890 On this day in history big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee

1891 Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on this day in history.

1894 Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.

1897 Death of William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) on this day in history.

1898 Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.

1915 Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.

1916 On this day in history death of grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45

1924 Death of Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) on this day in history.

1925 On this day in history félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60

1926 Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51 on this day in history.

1929 On this day in history death of wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)

1933 On this day in history death of joh Georghe Duca, premier of Romania, murdered

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1563 Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on this day in history.

1586 On this day in history birth of francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona

1678 Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.

1709 On this day in history birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great

1721 On this day in history birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th

1743 On this day in history birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer

1767 On this day in history birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer

1776 On this day in history birth of charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric