What happened on March 29 ?

1058 - Pope Stephen IX

1368 - Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328)

1461 - Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)

1578 - Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)

1578 - Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)

1625 - Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)

1628 - Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546)

1772 - Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)

1751 - Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist

1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden, (shot) (b. 1746)

1800 - Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714)

1826 - Johann Heinrich Voÿ, German poet (b. 1751)

1855 - Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)

1873 - Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)

1888 - Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b. 1813)

1906 - Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)

1912 - Members of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole: Henry Robinson Bowers (b. 1883)

Edgar Evans, Welsh naval officer (b. 1876)

Lawrence Oates, English army officer (b. 1880)

Sir Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (b. 1868)

Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and naturalist (b. 1872)

1934 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire and benefactor (b. 1867)

1937 - Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer (b. 1882)

1957 - Joyce Cary, Irish author (b. 1888)

1959 - Barthelemy Boganda, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)

1970 - Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist

1972 - Lord J. Arthur Rank, movie theater owner (b. 1888)

1980 - Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (b. 1905)

1982 - Carl Orff, German composer (b. 1895)

1991 - Lee Atwater, American politicial consultant (b. 1951)

1992 - Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (b. 1908)

1994 - Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born playwright (b. 1912)

1994 - Bill Travers, British actor (b. 1922)

1999 - Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918)

2001 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899)

2001 - John Lewis, American jazz pianist (b. 1920)

2003 - Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (SARS) (b. 1956)

2005 - Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)

2005 - Grant Johannesen, American pianist (b. 1921)

2005 - Mitch Hedberg, American comedian (b. 1968)