Famous Deaths In December - 29

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

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

1170  Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on December - 29.  

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 December - 29.  

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1634  Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on this day in history.  

1661  On this day in history death of antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 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  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 December - 29.  

1877  On December - 29 willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies  

1890  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on this day in history.  

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

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 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 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 this day in history.  

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

1678  On this day in history birth of gotthard Wagner, composer  

1709  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great was born on this day in history.  

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on December - 29.  

1743  Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer was born on December - 29.  

1767  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on this day in history.  

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