Famous Deaths In December - 29

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

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

1563  Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on December - 29.  

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

1630  On this day in history jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51  

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  Death of Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on December - 29.  

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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 this day in history death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)  

1785  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1821  Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on December - 29.  

1822  On this day in history 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  Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on December - 29.  

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

1871  On December - 29 ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71  

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 this day in history.  

1894  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on December - 29.  

1897  Death of William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) on this day in history.  

1898  On December - 29 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 December - 29 death of carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)  

1925  Félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60 on December - 29.  

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  On December - 29 birth of gotthard Wagner, composer  

1709  On December - 29 birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great  

1721  On this day in history birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th  

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

1767  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on December - 29.  

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