Famous Deaths In March - 29

1058  Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies on this day in history.  

1368  Death of Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) on this day in history.  

1461  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)  

1546  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on this day in history.  

1578  Death of Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524) on March - 29.  

1625  Death of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on March - 29.  

1629  Death of Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) on this day in history.  

1650  Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73 on this day in history.  

1655  Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 on March - 29.  

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1683  On this day in history death of yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667)  

1697  On this day in history nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies  

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1751  On this day in history death of thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist  

1772  Death of Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) on March - 29.  

1788  Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies on March - 29.  

1792  Gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds on March - 29.  

1794  Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1800  On this day in history death of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)  

1802  Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51 on March - 29.  

1803  Death of Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733) on this day in history.  

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.  

1839  On March - 29 bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56  

1847  Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1848  On this day in history john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

1855  Death of Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799) on March - 29.  

1866  On March - 29 menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies  

1873  Death of Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797) on this day in history.  

1880  On March - 29 jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62  

1886  On this day in history death of john Keble, theologian, Bournemouth  

1888  Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74 on March - 29.  

1891  Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on March - 29.  

1892  William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75 on March - 29.  

1906  Death of Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) on March - 29.  

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1484  On this day in history birth of johann Spangenberg, composer  

1519  On March - 29 birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal  

1553  Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born on this day in history.  

1561  On this day in history birth of santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic  

1584  On March - 29 birth of ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)  

1602  On March - 29 birth of john Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)  

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

1636  On March - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer