Famous Deaths In March - 29

1058  Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies on this day in history.  

1368  Death of Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) on this day in history.  

1461  Death of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) on this day in history.  

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

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 March - 29.  

1650  On March - 29 cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73  

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

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

1697  Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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

1751  On March - 29 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 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  On March - 29 death of marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1873  On March - 29 death of francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)  

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

1886  On March - 29 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 this day in history.  

1892  On March - 29 william Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75  

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 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  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 this day in history.  

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

1636  On March - 29 birth of esaias Reusner, composer