Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on December - 05.  

1082  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on December - 05.  

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

1560  On December - 05 francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16  

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

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1663  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80  

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

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 December - 05.  

1758  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70 on December - 05.  

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

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

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

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

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  On December - 05 mJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82  

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

1859  On December - 05 louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82  

1870  On this day in history a Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68  

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 December - 05.  

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

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

1922  Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies on December - 05.  

1925  On December - 05 wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78  

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1377  On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)  

1443  On December - 05 birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)  

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

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

1539  On December - 05 birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)  

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet  

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

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on December - 05.