Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

0721  Death of Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) on December - 29.   

1141  On December - 29 death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed   

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

1619  Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on December - 29.   

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  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.   

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

1731  On this day in history j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46   

1737  On this day in history death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)   

1785  On December - 29 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  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  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 December - 29 big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  On December - 29 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 December - 29 georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74   

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

1916  Death of Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on December - 29.   

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

1925  On this day in history félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60   

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

1767  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on December - 29.   

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on this day in history.