Famous Deaths In March - 29

1058  On March - 29 stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies  

1368  On this day in history death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)  

1461  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on this day in history.  

1546  On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered  

1578  On March - 29 death of arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)  

1625  Death of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) on March - 29.  

1628  On this day in history death of tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)  

1629  Death of Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) on March - 29.  

1650  On this day in history cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73  

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  Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies on this day in history.  

1745  On this day in history robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68  

1751  Death of Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist on March - 29.  

1772  On this day in history death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)  

1788  On March - 29 charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies  

1792  On this day in history gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

1794  On March - 29 marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 50  

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

1802  On March - 29 frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51  

1803  On this day in history death of gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733)  

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 March - 29.  

1848  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

1866  Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies on March - 29.  

1873  On this day in history death of francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)  

1880  On this day in history jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62  

1886  Death of John Keble, theologian, Bournemouth on March - 29.  

1888  On this day in history charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74  

1891  On this day in history georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31  

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

1906  On March - 29 death of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)  

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1484  Johann Spangenberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1553  On this day in history birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)  

1561  On March - 29 birth of santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic  

1584  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)  

1602  John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae) was born on this day in history.  

1616  Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer was born on this day in history.  

1636  On this day in history birth of esaias Reusner, composer