Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  Death of Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist on April - 12.  

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  On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople  

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on April - 12.  

1443  Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on April - 12.  

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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

1605  On April - 12 boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies  

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

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1687  Death of Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer on this day in history.  

1690  On April - 12 miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71  

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  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

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

1788  On this day in history carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56  

1795  On April - 12 rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80  

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

1814  On April - 12 death of charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726)  

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.  

1828  On this day in history 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  On April - 12 death of adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)  

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

1864  On April - 12 thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50  

1872  Death of Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) on April - 12.  

1878  William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies on this day in history.  

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  William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 on April - 12.  

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  Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546) was born on April - 12.  

1500  Joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist was born on April - 12.  

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on April - 12.  

1550  On April - 12 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 April - 12.  

1626  Paul Hainlein, composer was born on this day in history.