Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05
Thursday, 18 December 2025
0749 Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history. 

1082 Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on this day in history. 

1212 On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies 

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

1355 On December - 05 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 December - 05. 

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

1624 Death of Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) on December - 05. 

1654 On December - 05 death of jean François Sarrazin, French writer 

1663 Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80 on December - 05. 

1675 On December - 05 john Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73 

1745 On this day in history christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52 

1749 Death of Pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685) on December - 05. 

1758 Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1770 James Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78 on December - 05. 

1784 On December - 05 phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston 

1791 On December - 05 wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35 

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

1818 On December - 05 bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 

1819 On this day in history death of friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) 

1835 August v Platen, writer, dies at 39 on December - 05. 

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

1853 On this day in history johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80 

1859 On this day in history louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 

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 this day in history death of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804) 

1891 JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies on December - 05. 

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

1902 On this day in history henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78 

1916 On December - 05 hans Richter, composer, dies at 73 

1922 On this day in history samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies 

1925 Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78 on December - 05. 

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