Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  Death of Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) on this day in history.  

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 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 December - 29.  

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  

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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 this day in history.  

1785  On December - 29 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69  

1815  Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on this day in history.  

1821  Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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  On December - 29 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68  

1894  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1897  On December - 29 death of william James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)  

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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1563  Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on this day in history.  

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  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  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on December - 29.  

1776  On December - 29 birth of charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric