Famous Deaths In December - 29

0721  On December - 29 death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)   

1141  Death of Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on this day in history.   

1170  On this day in history death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II   

1558  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

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

1619  Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on this day in history.   

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

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 December - 29.   

1703  Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1815  On this day in history saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris   

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

1822  On this day in history albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67   

1825  Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on December - 29.   

1835  Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

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

1847  On this day in history william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

1871  Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1877  On December - 29 willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies   

1890  On this day in history big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on December - 29.   

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

1897  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1924  Death of Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) on this day in history.   

1925  Félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60 on December - 29.   

1926  On December - 29 rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51   

1929  On this day in history death of wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)   

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1563  On this day in history birth of francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer   

1586  On this day in history birth of francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona   

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  On December - 29 birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th   

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

1767  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on December - 29.   

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