Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.  

1048  On this day in history al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

1124  On December - 13 callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies  

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

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1404  On December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)  

1516  On this day in history death of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)  

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

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

1565  Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49 on December - 13.  

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 this day in history.  

1621  Death of Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535) on this day in history.  

1622  On this day in history jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50  

1672  Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on December - 13.  

1693  Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies on December - 13.  

1716  On this day in history death of charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)  

1721  On this day in history death of alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)  

1729  On this day in history anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53  

1738  On this day in history gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59  

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

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1783  On December - 13 death of pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)  

1784  On this day in history death of samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)  

1793  On this day in history johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63  

1812  On December - 13 marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68  

1814  On December - 13 charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79  

1835  Death of John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760) on this day in history.  

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

1862  Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 on December - 13.  

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

1868  On this day in history death of carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)  

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

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.  

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.  

1662  On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  

1678  On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on this day in history.