Famous Deaths In December - 03

0450  On December - 03 petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies  

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

1154  On this day in history anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies  

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on December - 03.  

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 December - 03.  

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 this day in history death of honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)  

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

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

1706  On December - 03 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 this day in history.  

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

1807  On this day in history clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies  

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

1823  On December - 03 joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84  

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 December - 03.  

1857  Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 on December - 03.  

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 December - 03.  

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

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

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

1910  On this day in history 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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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 this day in history.  

1560  On December - 03 birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)  

1576  On December - 03 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  Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer was born on December - 03.