Famous Deaths In December - 03

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

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

1154  On December - 03 anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies  

1265  On December - 03 death of odofredus, Italian jurist  

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

1469  Piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1552  Death of St Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506) on December - 03.  

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

1660  Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on December - 03.  

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

1706  Death of Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637) on December - 03.  

1765  On this day in history death of lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713)  

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

1845  On this day in history death of gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786)  

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

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

1888  Death of Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816) on this day in history.  

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

1890  Bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies on December - 03.  

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

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

1894  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.  

1919  On December - 03 pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78  

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1368  On December - 03 birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)  

1483  On December - 03 birth of nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist  

1560  On this day in history birth of jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627)  

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

1668  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on December - 03.  

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 this day in history.