Famous Deaths In August - 29
Friday, 25 October 2024
0029 Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.
0886 On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies
1093 Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.
1123 On this day in history death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)
1395 On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)
1442 On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
1523 On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35
1526 On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
1533 On August - 29 death of atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors
1542 On August - 29 death of cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516)
1653 Death of Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49 on this day in history.
1657 Death of John Lilburne, English dissenter on this day in history.
1712 On August - 29 gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63
1738 On this day in history georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81
1758 On this day in history gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75
1769 Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
1780 Death of Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713) on this day in history.
1782 On this day in history death of richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral drowns (b. 1718)
1799 Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 on this day in history.
1821 On August - 29 horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86
1844 On this day in history death of edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
1856 On this day in history death of mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778)
1861 On August - 29 franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63
1865 John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54 on August - 29.
1877 Brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies on August - 29.
1889 On this day in history death of stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
1891 On August - 29 death of pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)
1893 On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17]
1904 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies on this day in history.
1909 Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on this day in history.
1910 Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies on August - 29.
1914 On this day in history ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle
1918 Max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51 on August - 29.
1921 Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83 on August - 29.
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