Famous Deaths In March - 29

1058  Stephen IX, [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belg Pope (1057-58), dies on March - 29.   

1368  On March - 29 death of emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)   

1461  On this day in history death of henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)   

1546  On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered   

1578  On this day in history death of arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)   

1625  On March - 29 death of antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)   

1628  Death of Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) on this day in history.   

1629  Death of Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) on this day in history.   

1650  Cornelis Galle I, Flemish engraver, dies at about 73 on this day in history.   

1655  Valerius Andreas, Flemish historian, dies at 66 on March - 29.   

1683  On this day in history death of yaoya Oshichi, a young girl burned at the stake for arson in 17th Century Japan (b. 1667)   

1697  On March - 29 nikolaus Bruhns, composer, dies   

1745  On March - 29 robert Walpole, 1st British premier (1722-42), dies at 68   

1751  On March - 29 death of thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist   

1772  Death of Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) on March - 29.   

1788  Charles Wesley, hymn writer, dies on March - 29.   

1792  On March - 29 gustav III, King of Sweden (1771-92), dies of wounds   

1794  Marie-J-A-N C Condorcet, mathematician (Theory of Comets), dies at 50 on March - 29.   

1800  Death of Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714) on this day in history.   

1802  On this day in history frederic Thieme, composer, dies at 51   

1803  On March - 29 death of gottfried van Swieten, Dutch composer (b. 1733)   

1837  On March - 29 maria Fitzherbert, morganatic wife of King George IV, dies   

1839  Bernardus JC Dibbets, Dutch baron/gen-major (Maastricht), dies at 56 on March - 29.   

1847  Auguste De Polignac, premier France, dies at 66 on March - 29.   

1848  John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 on March - 29.   

1855  On this day in history death of henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)   

1866  On March - 29 menachem Mendel of Lubavitch, Rabbi/Chassidic leader, dies   

1873  Death of Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797) on March - 29.   

1880  Jakob Axel Josephson, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1886  Death of John Keble, theologian, Bournemouth on March - 29.   

1888  Charles-Henri Valentin Alkan, composer, dies at 74 on March - 29.   

1891  Georges-Pierre Seurat, French painter (Pointillism), dies at 31 on this day in history.   

1892  William Bowman, English anatomist, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1906  On March - 29 death of slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)   

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1484  On March - 29 birth of johann Spangenberg, composer   

1519  On March - 29 birth of carlo Caraffa, Italian cardinal   

1553  On March - 29 birth of vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet (d. 1613 or 1614)   

1561  Santorio Sanctorius, Trieste Italy, physician/burned at stake/heretic was born on this day in history.   

1584  On this day in history birth of ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648)   

1602  On this day in history birth of john Lightfoot, English theologist/literary (Horae Hebraicae)   

1616  On this day in history birth of johann Erasmus Kindermann, composer   

1636  On this day in history birth of esaias Reusner, composer