Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05
Sunday, 18 January 2026
0749 Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history. 

1082 On December - 05 death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona 

1212 Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on December - 05. 

1244 Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on December - 05. 

1355 On this day in history jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies 

1560 Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on December - 05. 

1570 Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history. 

1594 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on December - 05. 

1624 On December - 05 death of gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) 

1654 On this day in history death of jean François Sarrazin, French writer 

1663 Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1675 John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73 on this day in history. 

1745 Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52 on December - 05. 

1749 Death of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685) on this day in history. 

1758 On December - 05 johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70 

1770 On December - 05 james Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78 

1784 Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston on this day in history. 

1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35 on December - 05. 

1799 Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61 on December - 05. 

1818 On this day in history bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 

1819 On December - 05 death of friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) 

1835 On this day in history august v Platen, writer, dies at 39 

1842 MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1853 Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1859 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 on this day in history. 

1870 On December - 05 a Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 

1886 Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84 on December - 05. 

1887 On December - 05 death of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804) 

1891 On December - 05 jKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies 

1895 Death of Chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840) on this day in history. 

1902 Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1916 Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73 on December - 05. 

1922 Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies on this day in history. 

1925 Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

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