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 December - 29.   

1170  On December - 29 death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II   

1558  On December - 29 hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31   

1563  On this day in history death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)   

1619  On December - 29 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  On this day in history death of john Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612)   

1661  On this day in history death of antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594)   

1689  On this day in history death of olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried   

1703  On December - 29 mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39   

1731  On December - 29 j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46   

1737  On this day in history death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)   

1785  On December - 29 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69   

1815  Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on December - 29.   

1821  On December - 29 jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61   

1822  On December - 29 albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67   

1825  On December - 29 giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies   

1835  On December - 29 charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29   

1836  On December - 29 johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83   

1847  William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on December - 29.   

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

1877  Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies on this day in history.   

1890  Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on December - 29.   

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

1894  On December - 29 chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64   

1897  On December - 29 death of william James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)   

1898  On December - 29 georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74   

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 this day in history.   

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

1925  On December - 29 félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60   

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

1929  Death of Wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846) on December - 29.   

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

1586  On December - 29 birth of francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona   

1678  On December - 29 birth of gotthard Wagner, composer   

1709  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great was born on this day in history.   

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on this day in history.   

1743  Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer was born on December - 29.   

1767  On this day in history birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on this day in history.