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 October - 29 death of bolesław III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)  

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 this day in history.  

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 October - 29 death of david Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575)  

1666  Death of Edmund Calamy the Elder, English Presbyterian leader (b. 1600) on October - 29.  

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

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1790  Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 on this day in history.  

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

1822  On October - 29 dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61  

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

1846  On this day in history jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90  

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

1856  On October - 29 carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68  

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 this day in history martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64  

1883  Friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68 on October - 29.  

1885  On this day in history george B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58  

1892  On this day in history william M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies  

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  On this day in history joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC  

1919  On October - 29 soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60  

1920  On October - 29 johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74  

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

1927  On this day in history leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45  

1931  On this day in history luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38  

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

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

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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 October - 29.  

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on October - 29.  

1562  On this day in history birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury  

1656  Edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8] was born on October - 29.  

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

1690  On October - 29 birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)  

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