Famous Deaths In April - 29

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

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

1380  On this day in history death of catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347)  

1499  John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies on this day in history.  

1535  Death of John Houghton, English, executed on April - 29.  

1594  On April - 29 death of thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer  

1630  Death of Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552) on April - 29.  

1658  On this day in history 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.  

1699  On April - 29 samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50  

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

1712  On April - 29 juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67  

1743  Death of Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658) on this day in history.  

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

1776  Death of Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1793  Death of Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713) on April - 29.  

1798  Death of Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723) on this day in history.  

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

1841  On this day in history a Bertrand, writer, dies  

1854  Death of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768) on this day in history.  

1864  On April - 29 charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80  

1871  On this day in history john Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75  

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

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

1916  Death of Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (b. 1850) on April - 29.  

1918  On this day in history gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22  

1920  On April - 29 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  Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1933  Death of Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863) on this day in history.  

1935  On this day in history 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 April - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

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

1665  On April - 29 birth of james Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)  

1667  On April - 29 birth of john Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope)  

1686  On this day in history birth of peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)  

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 April - 29.