Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  On this day in history death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)   

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

1170  Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on this day in history.   

1558  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on December - 29.   

1563  On this day in history death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)   

1619  On December - 29 antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies   

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 December - 29.   

1661  Death of Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594) on this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history death of olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried   

1703  Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on December - 29.   

1731  On December - 29 j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46   

1737  On this day in history death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)   

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

1815  Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on December - 29.   

1821  On December - 29 jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61   

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

1825  Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on December - 29.   

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 December - 29.   

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

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

1890  On December - 29 big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  On December - 29 leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68   

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  On December - 29 georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74   

1915  On this day in history charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57   

1916  Death of Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on this day in history.   

1924  Death of Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) on December - 29.   

1925  On December - 29 félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60   

1926  On this day in history rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51   

1929  Death of Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

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1563  On December - 29 birth of francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer   

1586  On December - 29 birth of francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona   

1678  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on December - 29.   

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

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on this day in history.   

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

1767  On December - 29 birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

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