Famous Deaths In May - 29

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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1594  On May - 29 birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)  

1627  On this day in history birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)  

1630  On this day in history birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)  

1630  On this day in history birth of charles II of England (d. 1685)  

1673  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council  

1675  Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.  

1716  On May - 29 birth of louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist  

1722  James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on May - 29.