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 this day in history.  

1558  On this day in history 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 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  

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

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 this day in history johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69  

1815  On this day in history saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris  

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

1835  Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.  

1836  Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on December - 29.  

1847  On December - 29 william Crotch, composer, dies at 72  

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

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

1890  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on December - 29.  

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on December - 29.  

1894  On December - 29 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 this day in history charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57  

1916  Death of Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51  

1929  On this day in history death of wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)  

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

1743  On this day in history birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer  

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

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