Famous Deaths In December - 03

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on this day in history.   

1137  Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on December - 03.   

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies   

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on this day in history.   

1463  On December - 03 louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies   

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on December - 03.   

1491  Thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies on this day in history.   

1533  On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54   

1552  Death of St Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506) on December - 03.   

1610  Death of Honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548) on this day in history.   

1660  Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on this day in history.   

1676  On December - 03 death of daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried   

1706  On this day in history death of emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)   

1765  Death of Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713) on December - 03.   

1789  On this day in history claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies   

1807  Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies on December - 03.   

1815  On this day in history death of john Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)   

1823  On this day in history joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84   

1839  Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 on December - 03.   

1845  Death of Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786) on this day in history.   

1857  Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1866  On December - 03 johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65   

1876  Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1882  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811)   

1888  Death of Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816) on December - 03.   

1889  On December - 03 baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82   

1890  On December - 03 bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies   

1892  William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies on this day in history.   

1893  On this day in history allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle   

1894  HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76 on December - 03.   

1902  Death of Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833) on December - 03.   

1910  On December - 03 mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies   

1912  Death of Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841) on December - 03.   

1919  On this day in history pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78   

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1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on December - 03.   

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on December - 03.   

1576  On this day in history birth of marsilio Casentini, composer   

1668  On this day in history birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer   

1684  On this day in history birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)   

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on this day in history.   

1750  On this day in history birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer