Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

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  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

1466  On this day in history death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)  

1516  On December - 13 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 December - 13.  

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

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

1603  On December - 13 franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63  

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

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

1672  On December - 13 jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63  

1693  On December - 13 dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies  

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

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

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

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on December - 13.  

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 December - 13.  

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  On December - 13 death of john Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)  

1837  Death of Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756) on December - 13.  

1862  On this day in history conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49  

1863  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 on December - 13.  

1868  On December - 13 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 December - 13.  

1640  On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)  

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.  

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)