Famous Deaths In October - 29

0490  Petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies on October - 29.  

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.  

1138  Death of BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on October - 29.  

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on October - 29.  

1321  On October - 29 stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies  

1590  Dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68 on this day in history.  

1618  On this day in history death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

1650  On this day in history death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)  

1666  On October - 29 death of edmund Calamy the Elder, English Presbyterian leader (b. 1600)  

1783  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66  

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1790  On this day in history pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66  

1802  Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95 on this day in history.  

1822  Dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1829  Maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies on this day in history.  

1846  On October - 29 jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90  

1853  Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68 on October - 29.  

1856  Carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68 on October - 29.  

1873  Ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52 on October - 29.  

1876  Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1877  Death of Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Confederate general (b. 1821) on October - 29.  

1882  On October - 29 martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64  

1883  Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1885  George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58 on October - 29.  

1892  William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies on this day in history.  

1901  On this day in history death of leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted  

1905  On October - 29 death of etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)  

1911  On October - 29 joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC  

1919  Soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60 on October - 29.  

1920  On this day in history johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74  

1922  George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79 on October - 29.  

1927  On October - 29 leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45  

1931  Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38 on October - 29.  

1932  Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies on October - 29.  

1933  Paul, [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies on this day in history.  

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on October - 29.  

1507  On October - 29 birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)  

1513  On this day in history birth of jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne  

1562  George Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury was born on October - 29.  

1656  On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]  

1682  Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761) was born on October - 29.  

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on this day in history.  

1704  On October - 29 birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)