Famous Deaths In August - 29

0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  On this day in history basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20   

1533  Death of Atahualpa, last Inca King of Peru, murdered by Spanish conquerors on August - 29.   

1542  On this day in history death of cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516)   

1653  Death of Gillesz de Hondecoeter, painter/Hostage rights, buried at about 49 on this day in history.   

1657  On August - 29 death of john Lilburne, English dissenter   

1712  On this day in history gregory King, English statistician (law of King), dies at 63   

1738  Georg Reuter, composer, dies at 81 on August - 29.   

1758  Gerard Van Wage, historian, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1769  Edmond Hoyle, games expert, dies (birth date unknown) on August - 29.   

1780  Death of Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1782  On August - 29 death of richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral drowns (b. 1718)   

1799  Pius VI, [Giovanni A Braschi], Italian Pope (1775-99), dies at 71 on August - 29.   

1821  Horace Coignet, composer, dies at 86 on August - 29.   

1844  On this day in history death of edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)   

1856  Death of Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778) on August - 29.   

1861  On this day in history franz Joseph Glaser, composer, dies at 63   

1865  John Brough, US publisher/(gov-R-Ohio), dies at about 54 on August - 29.   

1877  On August - 29 brigham Young, 2nd president of Mormon Church, dies   

1889  On this day in history death of stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)   

1891  On this day in history death of pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844)   

1893  On this day in history aleksei N Apuchtin, Rus poet (Stichotvorenia), dies at 52 [OS=8/17]   

1904  On August - 29 murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies   

1909  On this day in history emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies   

1910  On August - 29 allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies   

1914  On this day in history ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle   

1918  On this day in history max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51   

1921  On this day in history joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on August - 29.   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance