Famous Deaths 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  Death of Thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II on December - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1630  On December - 29 jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51   

1634  Death of John Albert Vasa, Polish bishop (b. 1612) on this day in history.   

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 December - 29.   

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

1731  J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1737  Death of Joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659) on December - 29.   

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  Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 December - 29 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1897  Death of William James Linton, American wood engraver and political reformer. (b. 1812) on December - 29.   

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

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1563  On December - 29 birth of francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer   

1586  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona was born on December - 29.   

1678  On December - 29 birth of gotthard Wagner, composer   

1709  On this day in history birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great   

1721  Madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th was born on December - 29.   

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

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

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