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 December - 29.   

1170  On this day in history death of thomas Beckett, archbishop, assassinated by 4 knights of King Henry II   

1558  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1563  On December - 29 death of sebastian Castellio, French theologian (b. 1515)   

1619  Antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies on this day in history.   

1630  Jan Baptist Stalpart van der Wiele, RC pastor/lyricist, dies at 51 on this day in history.   

1634  On this day in history 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  Death of Olfert Dapper, Amsterdam historian/geographer, buried on this day in history.   

1703  On December - 29 mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39   

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  On December - 29 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69   

1815  On this day in history saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris   

1821  Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on December - 29.   

1822  Albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67 on December - 29.   

1825  Giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies on December - 29.   

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  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  On December - 29 big Foot, Sioux indian chief, dies at Wounded Knee   

1891  Leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68 on December - 29.   

1894  On this day in history chris Rossetti, writer, dies at 64   

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

1898  Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history 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  Death of Carl Spitteler, Swiss writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1845) on December - 29.   

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  On this day in history 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 December - 29.   

1678  On December - 29 birth of gotthard Wagner, composer   

1709  Elisabeth Petrovna, tsarina of Russia/daughter of Peter the Great was born on December - 29.   

1721  On December - 29 birth of madame De Pompadour, mistress of French King Louis the 15th   

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

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

1776  On December - 29 birth of charles Macintosh, Scotland, patented waterproof fabric