Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  On this day in history death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)  

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

1170  On December - 29 death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II  

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

1563  On this day in history death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)  

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

1630  On this day in history 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 this day in history death of antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)  

1689  On December - 29 death of olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried  

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1703  On December - 29 mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39  

1731  On December - 29 j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46  

1737  Death of Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659) on December - 29.  

1785  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on December - 29.  

1815  On this day in history 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  On this day in history albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67  

1825  On this day in history giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies  

1835  Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on December - 29.  

1836  On December - 29 johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83  

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

1871  On this day in history ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71  

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

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

1891  On this day in history leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68  

1894  On this day in history chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64  

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

1898  On this day in history georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74  

1915  On December - 29 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 this day in history 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  Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51 on December - 29.  

1929  On December - 29 death of wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)  

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1563  On this day in history 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  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  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  On this day in history birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer  

1776  On this day in history birth of charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric