Famous Deaths In October - 29

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

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.   

1138  Death of BolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086) on this day in history.   

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on this day in history.   

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 October - 29.   

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

1783  Death of Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66 on this day in history.   

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 October - 29.   

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 October - 29.   

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

1853  On this day in history pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68   

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

1882  Martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1883  On this day in history friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68   

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

1892  On October - 29 william M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies   

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

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

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  George August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

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

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

1932  On this day in history joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies   

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 this day in history birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)   

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

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

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