Famous Deaths In April - 29

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

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

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

1499  On this day in history john IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies  

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

1594  Death of Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer on April - 29.  

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

1658  Death of John Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613) on April - 29.  

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

1698  On April - 29 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 April - 29.  

1707  Death of George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

1712  On this day in history juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67  

1743  On this day in history death of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658)  

1768  On April - 29 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 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 this day in history.  

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

1905  Ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history 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  Arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies on this day in history.  

1928  On April - 29 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  Leroy Carr, rocker, dies= on this day in history.  

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 April - 29.  

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

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on April - 29.  

1660  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer was born on April - 29.  

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

1667  John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope) was born on this day in history.  

1686  On April - 29 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  On April - 29 birth of oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)