Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  On December - 29 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  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.  

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

1619  Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on this day in history.  

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  On December - 29 death of antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)  

1689  Death of Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on this day in history.  

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

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  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61  

1822  Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on December - 29.  

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

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

1836  On this day in history johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83  

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

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

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

1915  Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1916  On December - 29 death of grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45  

1924  Death of Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) on December - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1709  On December - 29 birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great  

1721  On December - 29 birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th  

1743  Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer was born on this day in history.  

1767  On December - 29 birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer  

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