Famous Deaths In December - 03

0450  On this day in history 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  On this day in history death of odofredus, Italian jurist  

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

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

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 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)  

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

1839  On this day in history 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  On December - 03 hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35  

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

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

1889  Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

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

1910  Mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies on December - 03.  

1912  Death of Prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 December - 03 birth of casimir Schweizelsperg, composer  

1684  On December - 03 birth of ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature)  

1729  On December - 03 birth of padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango)  

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer