Famous Deaths In December - 29
Saturday, 25 March 2023
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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