Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29
Thursday, 03 April 2025
0721 On December - 29 death of empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661)
1141 On December - 29 death of yue Fei, Chinese general, executed
1170 Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on this day in history.
1558 On December - 29 hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31
1563 Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on this day in history.
1619 Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on December - 29.
1630 On December - 29 jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51
1634 On December - 29 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 Death of Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on this day in history.
1703 On this day in history mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39
1731 On December - 29 j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46
1737 On December - 29 death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1785 On December - 29 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69
1815 On December - 29 saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris
1821 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on this day in history.
1822 On this day in history albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67
1825 Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on this day in history.
1835 On December - 29 charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29
1836 On this day in history johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83
1847 William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.
1871 Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on December - 29.
1877 On this day in history willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies
1890 Big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee on this day in history.
1891 On this day in history leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68
1894 Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.
1897 Death of William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) on December - 29.
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 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 December - 29.
1926 On this day in history 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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