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Famous Deaths In December - 27

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1065 Ferdinand I, the Great, king of Castile, dies on this day in history.

1076 Death of Prince Svyatoslav II of Kiev (b. 1027) on this day in history.

1381 Death of Edmund Mortimer, 3rd Earl of March, English politician on this day in history.

1548 Death of Francesco Spiera, Italian Protestant jurist (b. 1502) on this day in history.

1590 On this day in history emmanuel-Philibert of Lalaing, marquis of Renty, dies at 33

1595 Pietro Pontio, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.

1603 Thomas Cartwright, English Presbyterian publicist, dies at about 68 on this day in history.

1631 On this day in history death of john Pijnas, Dutch painter, buried at about 47

1641 Francois van d'Aerssen, ruler of Sommelsdijk/diplomat, dies at 69 on this day in history.

1707 On this day in history death of jean Mabillon, French palaeograopher and diplomat (b. 1632)

1737 On this day in history death of william Bowyer, English printer (b. 1663)

1743 Death of Hyacinthe Rigaud, French painter (b. 1659) on this day in history.

1771 Death of Henri Pitot, French engineer (b. 1695) on this day in history.

1782 Death of Henry Home, Lord Kames, Scottish philosopher (b. 1697) on this day in history.

1800 On this day in history death of hugh Blair, Scottish preacher and man of letters (b. 1718)

1805 On this day in history belle van Zuylen, Neth/Swiss writer (Trois Femmes), dies at 65

1812 On this day in history death of shneur Zalman of Liadi, Lithuanian rabbi and founder of Chabad Hasidism (b. 1745)

1834 Death of Charles Lamb, English essayist (b. 1775) on this day in history.

1836 Stephen Fuller Austin, founder of state of Texas, dies at 43 on this day in history.

1858 On this day in history alexandre Pierre Francois Boely, composer, dies at 73

1877 On this day in history nikolai A Nekrasov, Russian poet (Metshty into Zvuki), dies at 56

1880 Alessandro Nini, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.

1896 On this day in history death of john Brown, British manufacturer (b. 1816)

1900 On this day in history william G Armstrong, of Cragside, Brit const (hydr crane), dies at 90

1914 Death of Charles Martin Hall, American chemist and inventor (b. 1863) on this day in history.

1916 Nikolay Feopemptovich Solov'yov, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.

1919 Achilles Alferaki, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

1924 On this day in history william Archer, Scottish critic/playwright (Green Goddess), dies at 68

1925 On this day in history louis Dosfel, Flemish lawyer/literary (Assault!), dies at 44

1930 William Courtleigh, actor (Madame X, Eyes of Youth), dies at 63 on this day in history.

1931 Peter Christian Lutkin, composer, dies at 73 on this day in history.

1936 Hans von Seeckt, German Gen/advisor of Chiang Kai-shek, dies at 70 on this day in history.

1938 Emile Vandervelde, President (1900–1918) of the International Socialist Bureau and Minister of 3 Belgian governments dies at 72 on this day in history.

1944 Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1390 Anne de Mortimer, claimant to the English throne (d. 1411) was born on this day in history.

1555 Johann Arndt, German Lutherian theologist was born on this day in history.

1571 On this day in history birth of johannes Kepler, German astronomer (d. 1630)

1645 On this day in history birth of giovanni Adb Viscardi, Swiss architect, baptized

1654 On this day in history birth of jean/Jacobus Bernouilli, Swiss mathematician

1683 Conyers Middleton, English minister (d. 1750) was born on this day in history.

1709 Pieter de Swart, Dutch architect (Royal Palace, Hague) was born on this day in history.

1715 Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (d. 1794) was born on this day in history.