Famous Deaths In May - 29
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1259 Death of King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) on this day in history.
1379 Death of King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) on this day in history.
1405 On this day in history death of philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
1425 On May - 29 death of hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
1453 On this day in history constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49
1500 On this day in history death of bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns
1544 On May - 29 jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68
1546 On May - 29 death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered
1593 Death of John Penry, English congressionalist, executed on May - 29.
1629 Arnold Baert, Flemish lawyer/member of Great Council, dies at about 74 on May - 29.
1660 Gyorgy Rákóczi II, prince of Transsylvania, dies in battle on May - 29.
1680 On this day in history abraham Megerle, composer, dies at 73
1691 On this day in history cornelis Tromp, admiral-general/son of Maarten T, dies at 61
1750 Giuseppe Porsile, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1788 Jacques Aliamet, French etcher/engraver, dies at 61 on May - 29.
1790 Death of Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718) on this day in history.
1796 Death of Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720) on this day in history.
1814 Josephine, empress of France (1804-14), dies on this day in history.
1815 Cornelis de Gijselaar, politician/patriot, dies at 64 on May - 29.
1816 On this day in history madame L'Ouverture, widow of Haiti's leader Toussaint L'O, dies
1829 Humphry Davy, scientist/inventor (Miner's safety lamp), dies at 84 on May - 29.
1833 William Marshall, composer, dies at 84 on May - 29.
1847 Death of Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766) on May - 29.
1862 Franciszek Wincenty Mirecki, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.
1866 On this day in history death of winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
1868 On this day in history death of michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
1869 On May - 29 philippe Vandermaelen, Flemish cartographer/publisher, dies at 73
1877 John Lothrop Motley, (History of United Netherlands), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1882 On this day in history death of vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)
1883 Albrecht of Prussia, mistress of John van Rossum, dies at 73 on May - 29.
1885 Alfred von Meissner, Austria physician/writer (Ziska), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1892 On this day in history baha'u'llah [Mirza HA Noeri], Persian founder (Baha'i), dies at 74
1896 On May - 29 death of gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
1899 On May - 29 frantz Jehin-Prume, composer, dies at 60
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