Famous Deaths In April - 29

0852  Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

0926  Death of Burchard II, Duke of Swabia on April - 29.   

1380  On April - 29 death of catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347)   

1499  On April - 29 john IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond, dies   

1535  On April - 29 death of john Houghton, English, executed   

1594  Death of Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer on this day in history.   

1630  Death of Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552) on this day in history.   

1658  On April - 29 death of john Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613)   

1676  Death of Michiel A de Ruyter, Dutch rear-admiral, (Newport), killed at 69 on this day in history.   

1698  On April - 29 death of charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)   

1699  Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1707  On April - 29 death of george Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678)   

1712  Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer, dies at 67 on April - 29.   

1743  On this day in history death of charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658)   

1768  Death of Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694) on this day in history.   

1776  Death of Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1793  On this day in history death of yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713)   

1798  Death of Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723) on April - 29.   

1813  On this day in history christian Danner, composer, dies at 55   

1841  A Bertrand, writer, dies on April - 29.   

1854  Death of Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768) on April - 29.   

1864  Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem), dies at 80 on April - 29.   

1871  On April - 29 john Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, dies at 75   

1903  Death of Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (b. 1835) on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history ignacio Cervantes, composer, dies at 57   

1916  Death of Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (b. 1850) on April - 29.   

1918  Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand, dies at 22 on April - 29.   

1920  On this day in history death of william Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839)   

1921  On this day in history arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing), dies   

1928  Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light), dies at 61 on April - 29.   

1933  On April - 29 death of constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863)   

1935  On this day in history leroy Carr, rocker, dies=   

1936  Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman, dies at 76 on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history death of william Gillette, American actor (b. 1853)   

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1584  Melchior Teschner, composer was born on this day in history.   

1636  On this day in history birth of esaias Reusner, composer   

1660  Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer was born on April - 29.   

1665  James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745) was born on April - 29.   

1667  John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope) was born on April - 29.   

1686  On this day in history birth of peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742)   

1727  On this day in history birth of jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer/choreographer (ballet d'action)   

1745  On April - 29 birth of oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800)