Famous Deaths Happened In December - 03
Wednesday, 17 December 2025
0450 Petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies on December - 03. 

1137 Lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67 on this day in history. 

1154 Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on December - 03. 

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

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

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

1552 On December - 03 death of st Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506) 

1610 On December - 03 death of honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548) 

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

1676 On this day in history death of daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried 

1706 Death of Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637) on this day in history. 

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

1789 On December - 03 claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies 

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

1815 Death of John Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735) on December - 03. 

1823 Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 on December - 03. 

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

1845 On December - 03 death of gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786) 

1857 On December - 03 christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 

1866 On this day in history johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65 

1876 On this day in history hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35 

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 this day in history. 

1889 Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82 on December - 03. 

1890 Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies on this day in history. 

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

1893 Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle on December - 03. 

1894 On December - 03 hM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76 

1902 On this day in history death of robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833) 

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

1912 On this day in history death of prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841) 

1919 Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

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