Famous Deaths In April - 29

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

0926  Death of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.  

1380  Death of Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347) on this day in history.  

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

1535  On this day in history death of john Houghton, English, executed  

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

1676  On April - 29 death of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69  

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 this day in history.  

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

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 April - 29.  

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

1776  On this day in history 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  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  Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 on April - 29.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 April - 29.  

1935  Leroy Carr, rocker, dies= on April - 29.  

1936  On April - 29 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  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 this day in history birth of peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)  

1727  On this day in history birth of jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)  

1745  On this day in history birth of oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)