Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

1082  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on this day in history.   

1244  On this day in history johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies   

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on December - 05.   

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  On this day in history gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82   

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

1654  Death of Jean François Sarrazin, French writer on this day in history.   

1663  On December - 05 severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80   

1675  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1758  On this day in history johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70   

1770  On this day in history james Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78   

1784  Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston on December - 05.   

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

1799  Robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1818  Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1819  Death of Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) on this day in history.   

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  A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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

1887  Death of Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804) on this day in history.   

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 December - 05 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  On this day in history wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on December - 05.   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  On December - 05 birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  Janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet was born on December - 05.   

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on this day in history.   

1661  On this day in history birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)