Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on this day in history.  

0238  Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on April - 12.  

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  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 12.  

1550  On this day in history claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53  

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75  

1605  Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on April - 12.  

1675  On April - 12 death of richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609)  

1687  On April - 12 death of ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer  

1690  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1704  John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1748  William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on this day in history.  

1760  On April - 12 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64  

1782  On April - 12 death of metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)  

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on April - 12.  

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1797  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.  

1814  Death of Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) on this day in history.  

1817  On this day in history charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies  

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

1845  On this day in history henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65  

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  On April - 12 william M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies  

1896  On April - 12 alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62  

1898  Death of Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) on April - 12.  

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

1909  Hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1910  William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1912  On this day in history clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90  

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

1484  On this day in history birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)  

1500  On April - 12 birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist  

1526  On this day in history birth of muretus, French humanist (d. 1585)  

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  Francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France was born on this day in history.  

1626  On April - 12 birth of paul Hainlein, composer