Famous Deaths In March - 29

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

1368  On March - 29 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  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on March - 29.  

1578  Death of Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524) on this day in history.  

1625  On March - 29 death of antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)  

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 this day in history.  

1650  On March - 29 cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73  

1655  On this day in history valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66  

1683  Death of Yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667) on March - 29.  

1697  Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1751  On March - 29 death of thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist  

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

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

1792  On March - 29 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 March - 29 death of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)  

1802  Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1803  Death of Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733) on March - 29.  

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on March - 29.  

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

1847  On March - 29 auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66  

1848  On March - 29 john Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84  

1855  Death of Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799) on this day in history.  

1866  On this day in history menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies  

1873  Death of Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797) on March - 29.  

1880  Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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

1891  Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on this day in history.  

1892  William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal  

1553  On March - 29 birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)  

1561  Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic was born on this day in history.  

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

1602  On this day in history 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