Famous Deaths In October - 29

0490  On October - 29 petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies  

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

1138  On this day in history death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)  

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  On this day in history dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68  

1618  On October - 29 death of walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason  

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on this day in history.  

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 October - 29 pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66  

1802  On October - 29 jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95  

1822  On this day in history dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1876  On this day in history jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59  

1877  On October - 29 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 October - 29.  

1885  George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1892  William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies on October - 29.  

1901  Death of Leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted on October - 29.  

1905  Death of Etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873) on October - 29.  

1911  Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC on this day in history.  

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

1920  Johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on October - 29.  

1931  On October - 29 luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38  

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

1933  On this day in history paul, [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies  

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

1507  On this day in history 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  On October - 29 birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury  

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 this day in history.  

1690  Martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754) was born on October - 29.  

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