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Sep 29 1240

Margaret of England Queen consort of Scotland (d. 1275)

Sep 29 1321

John of Artois Count of Eu French soldier (d. 1387)

Sep 29 1328

Joan of Kent wife of Edward the Black Prince (d. 1385)

Sep 29 1388

Thomas of Lancaster 1st Duke of Clarence son of Henry IV of England (d. 1421)

Sep 29 1402

Ferdinand the Saint Portuguese slave of Fezsaint

Sep 29 1511

Michael Servetus Spanish physician (Christianism Rostituta)

Sep 29 1518

Tintoretto Italian Mannerist painter and notable exponent of the Renaissance school born in Venice Republic of Venice (d. 1594)

Sep 29 1561

Adriaan van Roomen Flemish mathematician born in Leuven (d. 1615)

Sep 29 1571

Caravaggio [Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio] Italian painter (Saint Francis of Assisi in Ecstasy) born in Milan [d. 1610] [date disputed]

Sep 29 1583

Johan VIII the Younger count of Nassau-Siegenfield marshall

Sep 29 1620

John L baron of Elderen 63rd prince-bishop of Luik (1688-94)

Sep 29 1636

Thomas Tenison Archbishop of Canterbury (d. 1715)

Sep 29 1639

Lord William Russell English politician and plotter against Charles II (d. 1683)

Sep 29 1654

Vincenz Lubeck German composer born in Padingbttel (d. 1740)

Sep 29 1674

Jacques Hotteterre French composer and flautist born in Paris (d. 1762)

Sep 29 1678

Adrien-Maurice 3rd duc de Noailles French soldier (d. 1766)

Sep 29 1691

Richard Challoner English Catholic prelate (d. 1781)

Sep 29 1714

Peter A van de Parra gov-gen of Neth-Indies (1761-75)

Sep 29 1718

Nikita I Panin Russian earldiplomat (plot against Peter III)

Sep 29 1725

Robert Clive English explorer and founder (British empire in India) born in Styche England (d. 1773)

Sep 29 1786

Guadalupe Victoria 1st President of Mexico (d. 1843)

Sep 29 1803

Charles-Francois Sturm French mathematician (Sturms Theorem)

Sep 29 1803

Mercator Cooper American sea captain (d. 1872)

Sep 29 1810

Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell novelist born in London England

Sep 29 1812

Adolph Gopel German mathematician born in Rostock

Sep 29 1829

Bradley Tyler Johnson Brigadier General (Confederate Army) (d. 1903)

Sep 29 1829

Giles Alexander Smith American Major General (Union Army) born in Jefferson County New York (d. 1876)

Sep 29 1830

John Parker Hawkins American Brevet Major General (Union Army) born in Indianapolis Indiana (d. 1914)

Sep 29 1831

John McAlister Schofield American Major General (Union Army) born in Gerry New York (d. 1906)

Sep 29 1838

Henry Hobson Richardson Romanesque revival architect born in St James Louisiana (d. 1886)

Sep 29 1842

Louis J. Weichmann chief witness in the trial of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln (d. 1902)

Sep 29 1848

Caroline Yale American educator who revolutionized the teaching of hearing-impaired students born in Charlotte Vermont (d. 1943)

Sep 29 1853

Princess Thyra daughter of Christian IX of Denmark (d. 1933)

Sep 29 1227 Pope Gregory IX excommunicate German emperor Frederik II

Sep 29 1349 People of Krems Austria accuse Jews of poisoning wells

Sep 29 1364 Battle of Auray English forces defeat French in Brittany

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