What happened on May 29 ?

1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)

1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)

1405 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France

1425 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)

1453 - Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 1404)

1500 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer

1546 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal

1593 - John Penry, Welsh protestant leader (b. 1559)

1660 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)

1691 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)

1790 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)

1796 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)

1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)

1829 ? Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)

1847 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)

1866 - Winfield Scott, American general and presidential candidate (b. 1786)

1868 - Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)

1882 - Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833)

1892 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)

1896 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)

1903 - Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia (b. 1876)

1903 - Draga Ma?in, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)

1910 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)

1911 - William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)

1935 - Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)

1942 - John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)

1948 - Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)

1951 - Fanny Brice, American singer, comedian, and actress (b. 1891)

1953 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)

1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881)

1972 - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)

1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress and studio founder (b. 1892)

1982 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (cardiac arrest) (b. 1938)

1989 - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)

1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)

1994 - Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)

1996 - Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (b. 1919)

1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)

1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)

2003 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)

2004 - Archibald Cox, Jr., American Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)

2004 - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)

2005 - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)

2006 - Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)