Famous Deaths In April - 29

0852  Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

0926  Death of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia on April - 29.  

1380  On April - 29 death of catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347)  

1499  John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies on April - 29.  

1535  Death of John Houghton, English, executed on this day in history.  

1594  Death of Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer on this day in history.  

1630  On this day in history death of agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552)  

1658  On this day in history death of john Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613)  

1676  On this day in history death of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69  

1698  On this day in history death of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)  

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1699  Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1707  On this day in history death of george Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678)  

1712  Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1743  On April - 29 death of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658)  

1768  On this day in history death of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694)  

1776  On April - 29 death of edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)  

1793  On this day in history death of yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713)  

1798  On this day in history death of nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723)  

1813  Christian Danner, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1841  A Bertrand, writer, dies on this day in history.  

1854  On this day in history death of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768)  

1864  On this day in history charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80  

1871  On April - 29 john Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75  

1903  On April - 29 death of paul du Chaillu, French explorer (b. 1835)  

1905  On April - 29 ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57  

1916  On April - 29 death of jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (b. 1850)  

1918  Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22 on this day in history.  

1920  On this day in history death of william Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839)  

1921  On April - 29 arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies  

1928  On this day in history henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61  

1933  On this day in history death of constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863)  

1935  On April - 29 leroy Carr, rocker, dies=  

1936  Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1937  Death of William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853) on this day in history.  

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1584  Melchior Teschner, composer was born on April - 29.  

1636  On April - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

1660  On April - 29 birth of matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer  

1665  On this day in history birth of james Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)  

1667  On this day in history birth of john Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)  

1686  Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.  

1727  Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action) was born on this day in history.  

1745  Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800) was born on this day in history.