Famous Deaths In December - 03

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

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

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on December - 03.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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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  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 this day in history.  

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

1807  On December - 03 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  Joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84 on December - 03.  

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

1845  Death of Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786) on December - 03.  

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

1866  Johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1882  On December - 03 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 this day in history bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies  

1892  William Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies on December - 03.  

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

1894  On this day in history hM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76  

1902  Death of Robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833) on this day in history.  

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  On December - 03 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 this day in history.  

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

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on December - 03.  

1668  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 03.  

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