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

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

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

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 April - 29.  

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

1712  On this day in history 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  Death of Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694) on April - 29.  

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 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  On April - 29 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 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  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  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 April - 29.  

1928  Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 on April - 29.  

1933  On April - 29 death of constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863)  

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

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  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on April - 29.  

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  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)