Famous Deaths In March - 29

1058  Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies on March - 29.   

1368  Death of Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) on this day in history.   

1461  On March - 29 death of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)   

1546  On March - 29 death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered   

1578  Death of Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524) on March - 29.   

1625  Death of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) on March - 29.   

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on this day in history.   

1629  Death of Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) on this day in history.   

1650  On March - 29 cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73   

1655  On this day in history valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66   

1683  On March - 29 death of yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667)   

1697  Nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies on this day in history.   

1745  Robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1751  On March - 29 death of thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist   

1772  On March - 29 death of emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)   

1788  On this day in history charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies   

1792  On March - 29 gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds   

1794  Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1800  Death of Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714) on March - 29.   

1802  On this day in history frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51   

1803  On this day in history death of gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733)   

1837  Maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies on March - 29.   

1839  Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1847  Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on March - 29.   

1848  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1855  Death of Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799) on March - 29.   

1866  Menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies on this day in history.   

1873  Death of Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797) on this day in history.   

1880  On this day in history jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62   

1886  On March - 29 death of john Keble, theologian, Bournemouth   

1888  Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1891  On March - 29 georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31   

1892  William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1906  Death of Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) on March - 29.   

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1484  On March - 29 birth of johann Spangenberg, composer   

1519  Carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal was born on March - 29.   

1553  On this day in history birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)   

1561  On March - 29 birth of santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic   

1584  Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.   

1602  John Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae) was born on March - 29.   

1616  Johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer was born on March - 29.   

1636  Esaias Reusner, composer was born on this day in history.