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Famous Deaths In December - 30

Saturday, 25 May 2013

1218 Death of Richard de Clare, 4th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1162) on this day in history.

1460 On this day in history death of richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York, claimant to the English throne (killed in battle) (b. 1411)

1525 Jacob Fugger, German banker/merchant, dies at 66 on this day in history.

1572 Galeazzo Alessi, Italian architect (Palazza Marino, Milan), dies at 60 on this day in history.

1573 Death of Giovanni Battista Giraldi, Italian writer (b. 1504) on this day in history.

1591 On this day in history innocent IX, [Giovanni Facchinetti], Pope, (1591 62 days), dies at 72

1621 On this day in history death of saint Job of Maniava, Ukrainian Orthodox Saint (b. 1550)

1640 Death of John Francis Regis, French saint (b. 1597) on this day in history.

1644 Death of Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (b. 1577) on this day in history.

1662 On this day in history death of archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria (b. 1628)

1691 Death of Robert Boyle, Irish scientist (b. 1627) on this day in history.

1769 Death of Nicholas Taaffe, 6th Viscount Taaffe, Austrian soldier (b. 1685) on this day in history.

1777 On this day in history maximilian III Jozef, elector of Bayern (1745-77), dies at 50

1788 On this day in history francesco Zuccarelli, Italian rococo painter/etcher, dies at 86

1796 On this day in history jean-Baptiste Lamoyne, composer, dies at 45

1821 Angelo Maria Benincori, composer, dies at 42 on this day in history.

1825 On this day in history peter Gronland, composer, dies at 64

1828 On this day in history waldemar Thrane, composer, dies at 38

1832 On this day in history abijah Hammond, owned large portion of Greenwich Village, dies

1870 Death of ... Prim, Spanish general, murdered on this day in history.

1893 Samuel White Baker, English explorer, dies at 72 on this day in history.

1894 On this day in history amelia Jenks Bloomer, suffragist (Bloomers named for her), dies at 76

1895 On this day in history lP Hartley, British writer, dies

1896 Jose Mercado Rizal, anti-Spanish rule of Philippines proponent, dies on this day in history.

1899 James Paget, English surgeon (disease of Paget), dies at 85 on this day in history.

1908 On this day in history death of thomas-Alfred Bernier, Canadian lawyer, journalist and senator (b. 1844)

1912 Alfred von Kiderlen-Waechter, German foreign minister, dies at 60 on this day in history.

1931 Tyrone Power Sr, actor (Big Trial, Test of Donald Norton), dies at 62 on this day in history.

1940 Fritz Volbach, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.

1941 On this day in history death of el Lissitzky, Russian artist and architect (b. 1890)

1943 Hobart Bosworth, actor (Woman of Affairs, Big Parade), dies at 76 on this day in history.

1944 On this day in history romain Roland, French writer/pacifist (Nobel 1915), dies at 78

1946 Charles Wakefield Cadman, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.

1947 Han [Henricus A] van Meegeren, Dutch painter/art forger, dies at 58 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1204 On this day in history birth of abû 'Uthmân Sa'îd Hakam al Qurashi, ruler of Minorca (d. 1282)

1552 Simon Forman, English occultist and astrologer (d. 1611) was born on this day in history.

1566 Alessandro Piccinini, composer was born on this day in history.

1569 On this day in history birth of georg Quitschreiber, composer

1642 On this day in history birth of vincenzo da Filicaja, Italian poet (d. 1707)

1644 Philips van Almonde, Dutch Zeeuws lt-admiral was born on this day in history.

1673 On this day in history birth of ahmed III, Ottoman Sultan (d. 1736)

1678 William Croft, composer was born on this day in history.