Famous Deaths In May - 29
Sunday, 14 August 2022
1259 On May - 29 death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
1379 On May - 29 death of king Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
1405 On this day in history death of philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
1425 On May - 29 death of hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
1453 Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on May - 29.
1500 Death of Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns on May - 29.
1544 Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on this day in history.
1546 Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on May - 29.
1593 On May - 29 death of john Penry, English congressionalist, executed
1629 On May - 29 arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74
1660 On this day in history gyorgy Rákóczi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle
1680 Abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.
1691 Cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1750 Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1788 Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 on May - 29.
1790 Death of Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718) on this day in history.
1796 On May - 29 death of carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
1814 On May - 29 josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies
1815 Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1816 Madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies on this day in history.
1829 Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84 on May - 29.
1833 William Marshall, composer, dies at 84 on May - 29.
1847 On this day in history death of emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
1862 On this day in history franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer, dies at 71
1866 Death of Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786) on May - 29.
1868 On May - 29 death of michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
1869 Philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73 on May - 29.
1877 On May - 29 john Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63
1882 On this day in history death of vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
1883 Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73 on May - 29.
1885 Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 on May - 29.
1892 On this day in history baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies at 74
1896 On May - 29 death of gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
1899 On May - 29 frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60
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