Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  On this day in history death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)   

1141  Death of Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on this day in history.   

1170  On this day in history death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II   

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

1563  On December - 29 death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)   

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 this day in history.   

1634  On December - 29 death of john Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)   

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

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

1703  Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on December - 29.   

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

1815  Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on December - 29.   

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  Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1847  On December - 29 william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

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  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on December - 29.   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57   

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

1924  On this day in history 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  Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51 on December - 29.   

1929  Death of Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

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1563  On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer   

1586  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona was born on this day in history.   

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

1709  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great   

1721  On this day in history 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.