Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  Death of Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) on this day in history.   

1141  On December - 29 death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed   

1170  Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on December - 29.   

1558  On this day in history hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31   

1563  Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies   

1630  On this day in history jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51   

1634  Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on December - 29.   

1661  Death of Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594) on this day in history.   

1689  Death of Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on this day in history.   

1703  Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on December - 29.   

1731  On December - 29 j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46   

1737  Death of Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659) on this day in history.   

1785  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on December - 29.   

1815  Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on December - 29.   

1821  Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on December - 29.   

1822  Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

1825  Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1835  Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on December - 29.   

1836  On this day in history johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83   

1847  William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71   

1877  On this day in history willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies   

1890  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on this day in history.   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1894  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1897  On December - 29 death of william James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)   

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on December - 29.   

1915  Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.   

1916  Death of Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on December - 29.   

1924  On this day in history death of carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)   

1925  Félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1926  Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51 on December - 29.   

1929  Death of Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846) on December - 29.   

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1563  Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on December - 29.   

1586  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona was born on December - 29.   

1678  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1709  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great was born on December - 29.   

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on December - 29.   

1743  On this day in history birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

1767  On this day in history birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

1776  On this day in history birth of charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric