Famous Deaths In October - 29

0490  On this day in history petrus Mongus, patriarch of Alexandria, dies   

1038  Death of Aethelnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury on October - 29.   

1138  On October - 29 death of bolesÅ‚aw III Krzywousty, Duke of Poland (b. 1086)   

1268  Death of Conradin, Duke of Swabia (executed) (b. 1252) on October - 29.   

1321  On October - 29 stefanus VI Uros II Milutin, king of Serbia (1282-1321), dies   

1590  On October - 29 dirck Volkertsz Coornhert, theologist/philosopher, dies at about 68   

1618  Death of Walter Raleigh, English scholar/poet/historian, beheaded for treason on this day in history.   

1650  Death of David Calderwood, Scottish historian (b. 1575) on this day in history.   

1666  Death of Edmund Calamy the Elder, English Presbyterian leader (b. 1600) on this day in history.   

1783  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Le Rond d'Alembert, philosopher/mathematician, die at 66   

1790  Pieter van/of Bleiswijk, pension advisor 1771-87, dies at about 66 on October - 29.   

1802  On October - 29 jacques-Philippe Lamoninary, composer, dies at 95   

1822  On October - 29 dirk van Hogendorp, Dutch earl/general/minister of War, dies at 61   

1829  On this day in history maria A [Nannerl] Mozart, Austrian pianist, dies   

1846  On this day in history jean Louis van Aelbroeck, Flemish agronoom, dies at 90   

1853  Pierre-Joseph-Guillaume Zimmermann, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1856  On October - 29 carel SW van Hogendorp, colonial director, dies at 68   

1873  On this day in history ernest Feydeau, French author, dies at 52   

1876  Jacques Gregoir, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1877  Death of Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Confederate general (b. 1821) on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history martin Gustav Nottebohm, composer, dies at 64   

1883  On October - 29 friedrich Robert Volkmann, composer, dies at 68   

1885  George B McClellan, Union army general, dies at 58 on this day in history.   

1892  William M Harnett, US painter (Old Cupboard Door), dies on October - 29.   

1901  On this day in history death of leon Czolcosz, assassin of President McKinley, is electrocuted   

1905  Death of Etienne Desmarteau, Canadian athlete (b. 1873) on this day in history.   

1911  On October - 29 joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC   

1919  On this day in history soen Shaku, Zen abbot of Engakuji monastery in Kamakura, dies at 60   

1920  On October - 29 johann Ernst Perabo, composer, dies at 74   

1922  On October - 29 george August Lumbye, composer, dies at 79   

1927  Leonard Nelson, Ger philosopher (Nelson-Friessche Schule), dies at 45 on October - 29.   

1931  On this day in history luciano Gallet, composer, dies at 38   

1932  On October - 29 joseph F F Babinski, Polish/French neurologist (B-Reflex), dies   

1933  Paul, [Prudent] Painlevé, French mathematician/minister/premier, dies on this day in history.   

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1463  Alessandro Achillini, Italian physician/philosopher was born on this day in history.   

1507  On this day in history birth of fernando Alvarez de Toledo, Spanish viceroy of Neth (1566-73)   

1513  Jacques Amyot, French humanist/translator/abbot of Bellozanne was born on October - 29.   

1562  On this day in history birth of george Abbott, English theologist/archbishop of Canterbury   

1656  On this day in history birth of edmund Halley, astronomer (Halley's Comet) [NS=Nov 8]   

1682  On October - 29 birth of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (d. 1761)   

1690  On this day in history birth of martin Folkes, English antiquarian (d. 1754)   

1704  On this day in history birth of john Byng, British admiral (d. 1757)