Famous Deaths In May - 12
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0912 On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
1003 Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.
1012 Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.
1382 On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
1465 On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea
1634 George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.
1641 Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.
1649 On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
1684 On this day in history death of edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest
1699 Death of Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) on May - 12.
1708 On May - 12 death of adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
1737 On May - 12 cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
1748 Death of Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692) on May - 12.
1759 On this day in history death of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)
1784 On May - 12 death of abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710)
1792 On this day in history death of charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710)
1796 Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on this day in history.
1801 On May - 12 death of nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734)
1811 On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
1814 On May - 12 robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
1825 Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1843 On May - 12 johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
1845 On this day in history august Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
1852 John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies on May - 12.
1856 Death of Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786) on this day in history.
1860 Death of Charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795) on this day in history.
1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50 on May - 12.
1864 On May - 12 abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
1867 On this day in history death of friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795)
1871 Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89 on May - 12.
1876 On May - 12 henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
1884 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1896 Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38 on May - 12.
1897 On May - 12 ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53
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