Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29
Wednesday, 26 March 2025
0721 On this day in history death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)
1141 Death of Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on this day in history.
1170 Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on this day in history.
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 On December - 29 death of antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)
1689 On December - 29 death of olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried
1703 On this day in history mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39
1731 On this day in history j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46
1737 Death of Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659) on December - 29.
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 this day in history.
1822 Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.
1825 Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on December - 29.
1835 On this day in history charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29
1836 Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on December - 29.
1847 On this day in history william Crotch, composer, dies at 72
1871 On December - 29 ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71
1877 Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies on this day in history.
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 On this day in history chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64
1897 Death of William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) on December - 29.
1898 Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1915 On this day in history charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57
1916 Death of Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on December - 29.
1924 Death of Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) on December - 29.
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 this day in history.
1929 Death of Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846) on this day in history.
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