Famous Deaths In March - 29

1058  On March - 29 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  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on March - 29.  

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

1578  On this day in history death of arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)  

1625  On this day in history death of antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)  

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 March - 29.  

1650  Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73 on this day in history.  

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

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

1697  On March - 29 nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies  

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68 on March - 29.  

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

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

1839  On this day in history bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56  

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

1848  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on March - 29.  

1855  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1891  Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on March - 29.  

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

1906  Death of Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) on this day in history.  

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

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  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  On this day in history birth of john Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)  

1616  On March - 29 birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer  

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