Famous Deaths In August - 29
Thursday, 23 March 2023
0029 On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded
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 August - 29 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 this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
1523 Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.
1526 On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20
1533 Death of Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors on August - 29.
1542 Death of Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516) on August - 29.
1653 On this day in history death of gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49
1657 On this day in history death of john Lilburne, English dissenter
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 Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75 on this day in history.
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 August - 29.
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 August - 29 death of mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778)
1861 Franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63 on August - 29.
1865 On August - 29 john Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54
1877 On August - 29 brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies
1889 On August - 29 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 Aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17] on this day in history.
1904 Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies on August - 29.
1909 On August - 29 emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies
1910 On August - 29 allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies
1914 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle on this day in history.
1918 Max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51 on August - 29.
1921 Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83 on this day in history.
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