Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

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

1141  On this day in history 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  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

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

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

1703  On this day in history mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39   

1731  On this day in history j Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46   

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

1785  Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1815  On December - 29 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 this day in history albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67   

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

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

1836  Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

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

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 December - 29 leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68   

1894  On this day in history 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 this day in history georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74   

1915  Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 on December - 29.   

1916  Death of Grigori J Rasputin, Russian faith healer/intriguer, murdered at 45 on December - 29.   

1924  On this day in history death of carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845)   

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  On December - 29 death of wilhelm Maybach, German automobile designer (b. 1846)   

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1563  Francesco Maria Guaitoli, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1678  On this day in history birth of gotthard Wagner, composer   

1709  On December - 29 birth of elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great   

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

1743  Alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer was born on this day in history.   

1767  On December - 29 birth of aime Ambroise Simon Leborne, composer   

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