Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

0721  On this day in history 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  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on December - 29.   

1563  On this day in history death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)   

1619  Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on December - 29.   

1630  On this day in history 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  On December - 29 death of olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried   

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

1731  J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 on December - 29.   

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 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  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  Charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29 on this day in history.   

1836  Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on December - 29.   

1847  William Crotch, composer, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1871  On this day in history ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71   

1877  Willem Sassen, Dutch attorney general on Curacao (Affair-S), dies on this day in history.   

1890  On this day in history big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

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  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 this day in history.   

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

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  Francisco de Moncada, Spanish earl of Osuna/marquis of Aytona was born on this day in history.   

1678  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on December - 29.   

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

1721  On December - 29 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  On this day in history birth of charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric