Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  On April - 12 death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist  

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on this day in history.  

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.  

0434  Death of Archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople on this day in history.  

1125  On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia  

1443  On this day in history death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on April - 12.  

1555  Johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1605  Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history.  

1675  On this day in history death of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)  

1687  Death of Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer on April - 12.  

1690  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.  

1704  John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 on April - 12.  

1748  On April - 12 william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies  

1760  On this day in history baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

1782  Death of Metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698) on this day in history.  

1788  On April - 12 carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56  

1795  On this day in history rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80  

1797  On April - 12 josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71  

1814  Death of Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) on April - 12.  

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on this day in history.  

1828  On April - 12 jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60  

1845  Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 on April - 12.  

1850  Death of Adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788) on this day in history.  

1859  On April - 12 john Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84  

1864  Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 on this day in history.  

1872  On this day in history death of nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795)  

1878  William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies on April - 12.  

1896  On this day in history alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62  

1898  On April - 12 death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820)  

1902  Death of Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) on this day in history.  

1909  On this day in history hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79  

1910  On this day in history william G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69  

1912  Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 on April - 12.  

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0812  On this day in history birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)  

1484  On April - 12 birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)  

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on this day in history.  

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.  

1550  On this day in history birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)  

1577  Christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648) was born on this day in history.  

1579  On this day in history birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France  

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer