Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

0721  On December - 29 death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)   

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 December - 29.   

1558  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on December - 29.   

1563  Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

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

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 December - 29.   

1661  On December - 29 death of antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)   

1689  On December - 29 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 December - 29.   

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

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

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

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

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

1871  Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on December - 29.   

1877  On this day in history willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies   

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

1891  On December - 29 leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68   

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

1897  Death of William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) on December - 29.   

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on December - 29.   

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 December - 29 death of carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)   

1925  On December - 29 félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60   

1926  On December - 29 rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51   

1929  Death of Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846) on this day in history.   

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1563  Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on December - 29.   

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 December - 29.   

1709  On this day in history 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 December - 29.   

1743  On December - 29 birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

1767  On this day in history birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

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