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  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 March - 29 death of arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)  

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  Death of Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) on this day in history.  

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

1655  Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 on March - 29.  

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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  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 this day in history charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies  

1792  On this day in history gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds  

1794  On this day in history 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 March - 29.  

1802  Frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1803  Death of Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733) on this day in history.  

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on March - 29.  

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

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

1866  Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies on this day in history.  

1873  Death of Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797) on March - 29.  

1880  On March - 29 jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62  

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  On March - 29 william Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75  

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

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1484  On March - 29 birth of johann Spangenberg, composer  

1519  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal was born on March - 29.  

1553  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1636  On March - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer