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Cao Pi
Emperor of Cao Wei of China
Bernard II of Saxony
Duke of Saxony from 1011 to 1059
Raymond of Poitiers
Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149
Abel, King of Denmark
King of Denmark from 1250 to 1252
Ramon Llull
Majorcan writer and philosopher (c. 1232 – 1316)
Lady Margaret Beaufort
English noblewoman and politician
Cao Pi — Emperor of Cao Wei of China, who died on June 29 226.
Bernard II of Saxony — Duke of Saxony from 1011 to 1059, who died on June 29 1059.
Raymond of Poitiers — Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149, who died on June 29 1149.
Abel, King of Denmark — King of Denmark from 1250 to 1252, who died on June 29 1252.
Ramon Llull — Majorcan writer and philosopher (c. 1232 – 1316), who died on June 29 1315.
Lady Margaret Beaufort — English noblewoman and politician, who died on June 29 1509.
All entries
- 884YYang ShiliTang Chinese general
- 976
Gero (archbishop of Cologne) - 1153ÓÓláfr Guðrøðarson (died 1153)King of the Isles (?-1153)
- 1293HHenry of GhentScholastic philosopher
- 1344
Joan of SavoyDuchess of Brittany from 1329 to 1341 as the spouse to John III, Duke of Brittany - 1374MMilíč of KroměřížCzech Catholic priest and preacher
- 1432
Janus, King of CyprusCypriot ruler from 1398 to 1432 - 1520
Moctezuma IITlahtoāni of the Aztec Empire until 1520 - 1575
Baba NobuharuJapanese samurai - 1594
Niels KaasDanish politician - 1626
Scipione Cobelluzzi17th-century Italian Catholic cardinal and librarian - 1646LLaughlin Ó Cellaigh
- 1725
Arai HakusekiJapanese scholar and official - 1729EEdward TaylorAmerican poet (c.1642 – 1729)
- 1744
André CampraFrench composer and conductor - 1764
Ralph AllenBritish postmaster and merchant - 1779
Anton Raphael MengsGerman painter - 1831
Heinrich Friedrich Karl vom und zum SteinPrussian statesman - 1840
Lucien BonaparteFrench politician and diplomat - 1852
Henry ClayAmerican politician - 1853
Adrien-Henri de JussieuFrench botanist - 1855
John GorrieAmerican physician, scientist and inventor - 1860
Thomas AddisonEnglish physician and scientist - 1861
Elizabeth Barrett BrowningEnglish poet - 1873
Michael Madhusudan DuttBengali poet and dramatist - 1875
Ferdinand I of AustriaEmperor of Austria from 1835 to 1848 - 1895
Thomas Henry HuxleyEnglish biologist - 1900
Ivan PervushinRussian clergyman and mathematician - 1907
Konstantinos VolanakisGreek painter (c. 1837–1907)
- 1919
José Gregorio HernándezVenezuelan physician and Franciscan tertiary declared a saint by the Catholic Church - 1931
Nérée Beauchemin - 1933
Roscoe ArbuckleAmerican actor - 1935
Jack O'Neill (baseball)American baseball player - 1936
János SzlepeczSlovene Roman Catholic priest, dean and writer - 1940
Paul KleeSwiss-German painter - 1941
Ignacy Jan PaderewskiPolish pianist, composer, intellectual and statesman
- 1942PPaul TrojeGerman politician
- 1949
Themistoklis Sofoulis19/20th-century Greek politician - 1955
Max PechsteinGerman painter - 1960
Frank Patrick (ice hockey)Canadian ice hockey player - 1962CCharles Lyon ChandlerAmerican diplomat and historian
- 1964
Eric DolphyAmerican jazz musician - 1967
Primo CarneraItalian boxer and professional wrestler - 1967
Jayne MansfieldAmerican actress, Playmate, and singer - 1969
Moïse TshombeCongolese politician and secessionist leader - 1971
Nestor Mesta ChayresMexican tenor - 1975
Tim BuckleyAmerican musician - 1978
Bob CraneAmerican actor
- 1979
Lowell GeorgeAmerican musician and founder of Little Feat - 1980
Jorge BasadrePeruvian historian - 1981
Russell DrysdaleAustralian artist - 1982
Pierre BalmainFrench fashion designer - 1982
Henry King (director)American film director - 1986
Frank WiseAustralian politician - 1990
Irving WallaceAmerican writer - 1992
Mohamed BoudiafChairman of the High Council of State in 1992 - 1993
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- 1995
Lana TurnerAmerican actress - 1997
William Hickey (actor)American actor - 1997MMarjorie LinklaterScottish campaigner
- 1998HHorst JankowskiGerman pianist
- 1999
Karekin IPatriarch of the Armenian Apostolic Church - 1999
Allan CarrAmerican producer - 2000
Vittorio GassmanItalian actor and director - 2000
Jane Birdwood, Baroness BirdwoodBritish far-right political activist - 2002
Rosemary ClooneyAmerican singer and actress - 2003
Katharine HepburnAmerican actress - 2004
Bernard BabiorAmerican physician - 2004
Alvin HamiltonCanadian politician - 2006
Fabián BielinskyArgentine film director - 2006
Lloyd RichardsAmerican theater director - 2006
Randy Walker (American football coach)American football player - 2007
Fred SaberhagenAmerican science fiction and fantasy writer
- 2007
Joel SiegelAmerican film critic - 2009
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- 2012
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- 2012FFloyd TempleAmerican basketball player and coach
- 2013PPeter Fitzgerald (footballer)Irish footballer
- 2013JJack GottaAmerican and Canadian football player
- 2013
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- 2014DDamian D'OliveiraEnglish cricketer
- 2014DDermot HealyIrish writer
- 2015
Hisham BarakatEgyptian prosecutor general - 2015
Josef MasopustCzech footballer and manager - 2015
Charles PasquaFrench politician - 2016
Jan HettemaSouth African cyclist - 2017
Louis NicollinFrench entrepreneur - 2017
Dave SemenkoCanadian ice hockey player - 2018
Steve DitkoAmerican comics artist - 2019FFlorijana IsmailiSwiss footballer
- 2020
Carl ReinerAmerican actor - 2020
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Donald RumsfeldAmerican politician and diplomat - 2022
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- 2025
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109 people with a Wikipedia article died on June 29, including Cao Pi, Bernard II of Saxony, Raymond of Poitiers. 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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49 documented historical events happened on June 29, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the roof. On the same day, in another year: One of the strongest tornadoes in history struck Woldegk in present-day northeastern Germany, killing one person. 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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