Famous Deaths In April - 29

0852  On April - 29 amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76  

0926  On this day in history death of burchard II, Duke of Swabia  

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 April - 29.  

1594  On this day in history death of thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer  

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

1658  On April - 29 death of john Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613)  

1676  Death of Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69 on this day in history.  

1698  Death of Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655) on this day in history.  

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

1707  Death of George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678) on April - 29.  

1712  Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67 on April - 29.  

1743  Death of Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658) on April - 29.  

1768  On April - 29 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  Death of Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1798  On April - 29 death of nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723)  

1813  On April - 29 christian Danner, composer, dies at 55  

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  Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1903  Death of Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (b. 1835) on April - 29.  

1905  Ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57 on April - 29.  

1916  Death of Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (b. 1850) on this day in history.  

1918  On April - 29 gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22  

1920  Death of William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839) on April - 29.  

1921  On this day in history 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  Death of Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863) on this day in history.  

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

1936  On this day in history florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76  

1937  Death of William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853) on April - 29.  

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

1636  On this day in history birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

1660  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer was born on this day in history.  

1665  On April - 29 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 April - 29.  

1745  Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800) was born on April - 29.