Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  On December - 29 death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)  

1141  On this day in history death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed  

1170  Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on this day in history.  

1558  On December - 29 hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31  

1563  Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on December - 29.  

1619  On this day in history antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies  

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on December - 29.  

1634  Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on this day in history.  

1661  Death of Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594) on December - 29.  

1689  Death of Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on December - 29.  

1703  On December - 29 mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39  

1731  J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1737  On December - 29 death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)  

1785  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1815  On this day in history saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris  

1821  On December - 29 jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61  

1822  Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1825  Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1835  Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1836  On December - 29 johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83  

1847  On this day in history william Crotch, composer, dies at 72  

1871  Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on December - 29.  

1877  Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies on December - 29.  

1890  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on this day in history.  

1891  On this day in history leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68  

1894  On December - 29 chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64  

1897  Death of William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) on December - 29.  

1898  On this day in history georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74  

1915  On December - 29 charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57  

1916  Death of Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on December - 29.  

1924  On December - 29 death of carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)  

1925  On December - 29 félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60  

1926  On this day in history rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51  

1929  Death of Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846) on December - 29.  

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1563  On December - 29 birth of francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer  

1586  On this day in history birth of francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona  

1678  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1709  On December - 29 birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great  

1721  On December - 29 birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th  

1743  On this day in history birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer  

1767  On December - 29 birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer  

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on this day in history.