Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

1048  On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

1250  On December - 13 frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.   

1516  Death of Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462) on December - 13.   

1521  Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1557  Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1565  On December - 13 konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49   

1574  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1603  Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63 on December - 13.   

1621  On this day in history death of katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)   

1622  Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1672  Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1693  Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) on December - 13.   

1721  Death of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676) on this day in history.   

1729  On December - 13 anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53   

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1769  On December - 13 c F Gellert, writer, dies at 54   

1774  On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

1783  Death of Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1784  Death of Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709) on this day in history.   

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on December - 13.   

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1814  On this day in history charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79   

1835  Death of John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760) on December - 13.   

1837  Death of Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756) on this day in history.   

1862  On December - 13 conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49   

1863  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1868  Death of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794) on December - 13.   

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on December - 13.   

1533  On December - 13 birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)   

1553  On December - 13 birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  On December - 13 birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)   

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.   

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)