Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

0721  Death of Empress Gemmei of Japan (b. 661) on this day in history.   

1141  Death of Yue Fei, Chinese general, executed on this day in history.   

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

1558  On this day in history hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31   

1563  Death of Sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515) on December - 29.   

1619  On December - 29 antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies   

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on December - 29.   

1634  Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on December - 29.   

1661  Death of Antoine Gérard de Saint-Amant, French poet (b. 1594) on December - 29.   

1689  On December - 29 death of olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried   

1703  Mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39 on December - 29.   

1731  On December - 29 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  On this day in history saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris   

1821  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61   

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

1825  On this day in history giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies   

1835  Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on December - 29.   

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

1847  On this day in history william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

1871  On December - 29 ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71   

1877  On December - 29 willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies   

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

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1894  Chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1897  On this day in history death of william James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812)   

1898  On this day in history georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74   

1915  On December - 29 charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57   

1916  On this day in history death of grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45   

1924  On December - 29 death of carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)   

1925  On this day in history félix E Vallotton, Swiss painter/writer (Chaste Susanne), dies at 60   

1926  Rainer M Rilke, Austrias songwriter/writer (Wise Queen), dies at 51 on December - 29.   

1929  On this day in history death of wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)   

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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  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1721  On this day in history birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th   

1743  On this day in history birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

1767  Aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer was born on December - 29.   

1776  Charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric was born on December - 29.