Famous Deaths In December - 03

0450  Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on December - 03.  

1137  On December - 03 lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67  

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on this day in history.  

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist  

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on this day in history.  

1469  On December - 03 piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53  

1491  On December - 03 thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies  

1533  Vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54 on December - 03.  

1552  On this day in history death of st Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506)  

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

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1660  On this day in history jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70  

1676  Death of Daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried on this day in history.  

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

1765  On December - 03 death of lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)  

1789  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies on December - 03.  

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

1815  On December - 03 death of john Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)  

1823  Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1839  Frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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  Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1876  Hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35 on December - 03.  

1882  Death of Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811) on this day in history.  

1888  On this day in history death of carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816)  

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

1890  On this day in history bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies  

1892  On December - 03 william Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies  

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 this day in history.  

1902  On December - 03 death of robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)  

1910  On this day in history 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  Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 on December - 03.  

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1368  Charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422) was born on December - 03.  

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

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on this day in history.  

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

1668  On December - 03 birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer  

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

1729  On this day in history birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)  

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