Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

0721  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1558  On December - 29 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  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1634  Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on December - 29.   

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  Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on December - 29.   

1731  On this day in history j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46   

1737  On December - 29 death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)   

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

1815  Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on December - 29.   

1821  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61   

1822  Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on December - 29.   

1825  Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on December - 29.   

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

1836  On this day in history johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83   

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

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  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 this day in history death of william James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)   

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history 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  Death of Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) on this day in history.   

1925  On December - 29 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  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 this day in history.   

1586  On December - 29 birth of francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona   

1678  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on December - 29.   

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  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 December - 29.