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 March - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1628  On March - 29 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  Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

1697  Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies on March - 29.  

1745  On March - 29 robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68  

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On March - 29 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

1839  Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on March - 29.  

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

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  On March - 29 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 March - 29.  

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

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

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

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

1519  On this day in history birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal  

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

1561  Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic was born on March - 29.  

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  On March - 29 birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on this day in history.