Famous Deaths Happened In December - 29

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 this day in history.   

1558  Hermann Finck, composer, dies at 31 on December - 29.   

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

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

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

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  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 December - 29.   

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

1785  On December - 29 johann Heinrich Rolle, composer, dies at 69   

1815  Saartjie Baartman, Hottentot Venus, dies in Paris on December - 29.   

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  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  On this day in history johann Baptist Schenk, composer, dies at 83   

1847  On December - 29 william Crotch, composer, dies at 72   

1871  Ferdinand Marcucci, composer, dies at 71 on December - 29.   

1877  On December - 29 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1678  Gotthard Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.   

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  On December - 29 birth of alexander van Bylandt, Dutch military officer   

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

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