Famous Deaths In April - 29

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

0926  Death of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia on April - 29.  

1380  On April - 29 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  On this day in history death of john Houghton, English, executed  

1594  On this day in history 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  On April - 29 death of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69  

1698  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of george Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678)  

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 April - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1813  On this day in history christian Danner, composer, dies at 55  

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

1854  On April - 29 death of henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768)  

1864  Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 on April - 29.  

1871  On April - 29 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  Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22 on this day in history.  

1920  On April - 29 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 April - 29.  

1928  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1636  On April - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer  

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

1665  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745) was born on April - 29.  

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  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)