Feb 10 Leo XII [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 Feb 11 Alexandr Griboyedov, Russian playwright (b. 1795) Feb 16 François-Joseph Gossec, Belgian-French composer (Les Pêcheurs; Mirza), dies at 95 Feb 18 Jan Křtitel Kuchař, Czech organist, harpsichordist, mandolin player, composer, and opera conductor, dies at 77 Feb 22 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general and Napoleon's wife Marie lover, dies at 53 Feb 24 Auguste Chouteau, St Louis co-founder, dies Jan 1829 Famous Deaths by Year Mar 1829 Famous People by Cause of Death Assassination Drug Overdose Gunshot Wound Murder Plane Crash Suicide