Famous Deaths In March - 29

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

1368  Death of Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) on March - 29.   

1461  On March - 29 death of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)   

1546  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on March - 29.   

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

1629  On March - 29 death of jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)   

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

1655  On March - 29 valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66   

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  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  On March - 29 death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)   

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

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 March - 29.   

1800  Death of Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51   

1803  On March - 29 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 this day in history.   

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

1855  On March - 29 death of henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)   

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

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

1880  Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62 on March - 29.   

1886  Death of John Keble, theologian, Bournemouth on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history william Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75   

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

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

1584  Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648) was born on March - 29.   

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  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on March - 29.