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Hugh of Cluny
Abbot of Cluny
Catherine of Siena
Italian Dominican philosopher and saint
Agrippa d'Aubigné
French poet
John Cleveland
English poet and Royalist
Michiel de Ruyter
Dutch States Navy officer
George Farquhar
Irish dramatist
Hugh of Cluny — Abbot of Cluny, who died on April 29 1109.
Catherine of Siena — Italian Dominican philosopher and saint, who died on April 29 1380.
Agrippa d'Aubigné — French poet, who died on April 29 1630.
John Cleveland — English poet and Royalist, who died on April 29 1658.
Michiel de Ruyter — Dutch States Navy officer, who died on April 29 1676.
George Farquhar — Irish dramatist, who died on April 29 1707.
All entries
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- 1776
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Chester AshleyAmerican politician - 1854
Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of AngleseyBritish peer, Lord lieutenant and politician - 1903
Godfrey CarterAustralian politician - 1903
Paul Du ChailluFrench-American anthropologist, zoologist and traveler
- 1905
Ignacio CervantesCuban pianist and composer - 1916
Jørgen Pedersen GramDanish actuary and mathematician - 1917
Florence FarrBritish actress, composer and director - 1922
Richard CrokerAmerican politician - 1924
Ernest Fox NicholsAmerican physicist and educator - 1925
Ralph Delahaye PaineAmerican politician - 1933
Clay Stone BriggsAmerican politician and lawyer - 1933
Constantine P. CavafyGreek poet and journalist - 1935
Leroy CarrAmerican blues singer, songwriter and pianist (1904/5–1935) - 1937
William GilletteAmerican manager and playwright - 1943
Joseph AchronComposer and violinist based in the United States - 1943
Ricardo ViñesSpanish pianist - 1944
Billy BitzerAmerican cinematographer - 1944
Pyotr StolyarskySoviet violinist - 1947
Irving FisherAmerican economist - 1951
Ludwig WittgensteinAustrian philosopher and logician - 1956
Wilhelm Ritter von LeebGerman field marshal - 1959
Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)British Army general - 1966
William Eccles (physicist)English physicist - 1966PPaula StrasbergAmerican actress
- 1967
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- 1968
Lin ZhaoChinese dissident executed during the Cultural Revolution - 1978
Theo HelfrichGerman racing driver - 1979
Muhsin ErtuğrulTurkish actor and director - 1979
Hardie GramatkyAmerican painter - 1980
Alfred HitchcockEnglish filmmaker - 1982
Raymond BussièresFrench actor - 1992
Mae ClarkeAmerican actress - 1993
Michael Gordon (film director)American theater and film director - 1993
Mick RonsonEnglish musician - 1997
Mike RoykoAmerican newspaper columnist - 2000
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- 2003
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- 2006
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- 2011
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- 2012
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- 2013
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- 2013
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- 2014
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- 2015
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- 2022
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- 2023
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89 people with a Wikipedia article died on April 29, including Hugh of Cluny, Catherine of Siena, Agrippa d'Aubigné. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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45 documented historical events happened on April 29, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania decisively won the Battle of the Vikhra River, forcibly making the Principality of Smolensk a vassal state. On the same day, in another year: Seven Years' War: France began an unsuccessful attempt to retake Quebec City, which had been captured by Britain. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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