Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

0721  Death of Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) on December - 29.   

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 this day in history hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31   

1563  On this day in history death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)   

1619  On December - 29 antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies   

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history death of john Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)   

1661  Death of Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594) on this day in history.   

1689  On this day in history death of olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried   

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  Death of Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659) on December - 29.   

1785  On this day in history johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69   

1815  On December - 29 saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris   

1821  Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on December - 29.   

1822  On December - 29 albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67   

1825  Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on December - 29.   

1835  On this day in history charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29   

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

1847  William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on December - 29.   

1871  On December - 29 ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71   

1877  Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies on this day in history.   

1890  On December - 29 big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on December - 29.   

1894  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on December - 29.   

1897  On this day in history death of william James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)   

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

1915  Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 on December - 29.   

1916  On this day in history death of grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45   

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

1925  Félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

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  Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on December - 29.   

1586  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona was born on December - 29.   

1678  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on December - 29.   

1709  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great was born on December - 29.   

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on this day in history.   

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 December - 29.