Famous Deaths Happened 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 December - 29.   

1558  On this day in history hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31   

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

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

1630  On December - 29 jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51   

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 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 this day in history death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)   

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

1822  On this day in history albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67   

1825  On December - 29 giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies   

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

1836  Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on December - 29.   

1847  William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1871  Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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

1890  On this day in history big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  On December - 29 leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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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  On December - 29 birth of gotthard Wagner, composer   

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 December - 29 birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

1767  On this day in history birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on December - 29.