Famous Deaths In October - 29

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

1038  On October - 29 death of aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury  

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  Stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies on October - 29.  

1590  On October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68  

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.  

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

1666  Death of Edmund Calamy the Elder, English Presbyterian leader (b. 1600) on this day in history.  

1783  On October - 29 death of jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66  

1790  Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 on October - 29.  

1802  Jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95 on October - 29.  

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

1829  On October - 29 maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies  

1846  Jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90 on October - 29.  

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

1856  On this day in history carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68  

1873  On this day in history ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52  

1876  On October - 29 jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59  

1877  On this day in history death of nathan Bedford Forrest, American Confederate general (b. 1821)  

1882  On this day in history 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  Death of Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted on this day in history.  

1905  On this day in history death of etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873)  

1911  Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC on October - 29.  

1919  On this day in history soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60  

1920  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on October - 29.  

1922  On October - 29 george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79  

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1931  Luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

1932  Joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies on this day in history.  

1933  Paul, [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies on October - 29.  

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1463  On this day in history birth of alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher  

1507  Fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73) was born on this day in history.  

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  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on this day in history.  

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 October - 29.  

1704  John Byng, British admiral (d. 1757) was born on October - 29.