Famous Deaths In December - 29

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

1141  On this day in history death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed  

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 this day in history.  

1619  On December - 29 antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies  

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

1634  On this day in history death of john Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)  

1661  Death of Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594) on this day in history.  

1689  On December - 29 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 December - 29.  

1737  On December - 29 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  Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on December - 29.  

1822  On December - 29 albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67  

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

1835  On December - 29 charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29  

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

1847  William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on December - 29.  

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  Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 on December - 29.  

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 December - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 29.  

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

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