Famous Deaths In April - 29

0852  Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

0926  Death of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia on this day in history.   

1380  Death of Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347) on this day in history.   

1499  John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies on this day in history.   

1535  Death of John Houghton, English, executed on April - 29.   

1594  On April - 29 death of thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer   

1630  Death of Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1658  Death of John Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613) on this day in history.   

1676  On April - 29 death of michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69   

1698  On this day in history death of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)   

1699  Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50 on April - 29.   

1707  On April - 29 death of george Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678)   

1712  On April - 29 juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67   

1743  Death of Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658) on this day in history.   

1768  On this day in history death of georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694)   

1776  On April - 29 death of edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)   

1793  Death of Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713) on April - 29.   

1798  On April - 29 death of nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723)   

1813  Christian Danner, composer, dies at 55 on April - 29.   

1841  On April - 29 a Bertrand, writer, dies   

1854  Death of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768) on April - 29.   

1864  Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1871  On April - 29 john Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75   

1903  Death of Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (b. 1835) on April - 29.   

1905  On this day in history ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57   

1916  On this day in history death of jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (b. 1850)   

1918  On April - 29 gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22   

1920  Death of William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839) on this day in history.   

1921  On April - 29 arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies   

1928  Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1933  Death of Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863) on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history leroy Carr, rocker, dies=   

1936  Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76 on April - 29.   

1937  On April - 29 death of william Gillette, American actor (b. 1853)   

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1584  On April - 29 birth of melchior Teschner, composer   

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on April - 29.   

1660  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer was born on April - 29.   

1665  On this day in history birth of james Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745)   

1667  John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope) was born on this day in history.   

1686  Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742) was born on April - 29.   

1727  Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action) was born on April - 29.   

1745  On April - 29 birth of oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)