Famous Deaths In March - 29

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

1368  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)  

1625  Death of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) on March - 29.  

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on this day in history.  

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

1650  Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73 on March - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

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 March - 29.  

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  Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51 on March - 29.  

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

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on this day in history.  

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 March - 29.  

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

1866  On March - 29 menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies  

1873  On this day in history death of francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)  

1880  On this day in history jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62  

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

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

1891  On this day in history georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31  

1892  On March - 29 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  Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614) was born on March - 29.  

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

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  Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer was born on this day in history.  

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