Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29
Monday, 15 September 2025
0721 On December - 29 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 December - 29.
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 On December - 29 antoine Arnauld, French lawyer (Philippica), dies
1630 On this day in history 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 December - 29 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 December - 29 mustapha II, sultan (Turkey), dies at 39
1731 J Brook Taylor, English mathematician, dies at 46 on this day in history.
1737 On December - 29 death of joseph Saurin, French mathematician (b. 1659)
1785 Johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69 on December - 29.
1815 Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on December - 29.
1821 Jean-Baptiste Dumonceau de Bergendael, S Neth general, dies at 61 on December - 29.
1822 On this day in history albert Christoph Dies, composer, dies at 67
1825 On December - 29 giuseppe Maria Gioacchino Cambini, composer, dies
1835 On this day in history charles-Joseph Tolbecque, composer, dies at 29
1836 Johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history.
1847 On December - 29 william Crotch, composer, dies at 72
1871 On December - 29 ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71
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 On December - 29 leopold Kronecker, German mathematician, dies at 68
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 this day in history.
1898 Georg Goltermann, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1915 Charles Beach Hawley, composer, dies at 57 on December - 29.
1916 On December - 29 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 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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