Famous Deaths In March - 29

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

1368  On March - 29 death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)  

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

1546  On March - 29 death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered  

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 this day in history.  

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 March - 29.  

1655  On March - 29 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  On this day in history robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68  

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  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  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  On March - 29 death of gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733)  

1837  On this day in history maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies  

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  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on March - 29.  

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

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

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

1888  On March - 29 charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74  

1891  On March - 29 georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31  

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

1906  On this day in history death of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)  

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1484  Johann Spangenberg, composer was born on March - 29.  

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

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

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

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

1602  John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae) was born on March - 29.  

1616  Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer was born on March - 29.  

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