Famous Deaths In April - 29

0852  On this day in history amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76   

0926  On April - 29 death of burchard II, Duke of Swabia   

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

1499  On April - 29 john IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies   

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

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 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 April - 29.   

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

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 April - 29.   

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 April - 29.   

1841  A Bertrand, writer, dies on April - 29.   

1854  Death of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768) on April - 29.   

1864  Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1871  John Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75 on April - 29.   

1903  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1918  Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22 on April - 29.   

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

1921  Arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies on this day in history.   

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  Leroy Carr, rocker, dies= on this day in history.   

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

1937  On April - 29 death of william Gillette, American actor (b. 1853)   

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1584  On April - 29 birth of melchior Teschner, composer   

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1660  On this day in history 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  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  On this day in history birth of oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)