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  On December - 13 hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

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

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

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

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.  

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 December - 13.  

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1557  On this day in history niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies  

1565  On this day in history konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49  

1574  On December - 13 selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50  

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

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

1693  On this day in history dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies  

1716  Death of Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) on this day in history.  

1721  On December - 13 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 this day in history c F Gellert, writer, dies at 54  

1774  On December - 13 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50  

1783  Death of Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717) on December - 13.  

1784  On December - 13 death of samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)  

1793  On December - 13 johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63  

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

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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  Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 on this day in history.  

1863  On December - 13 friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50  

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

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1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)  

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

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

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

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.