Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05
Monday, 03 November 2025
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 On this day in history 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 this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 

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 Death of Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) on this day in history. 

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

1663 On December - 05 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 On December - 05 death of pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685) 

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 On this day in history robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61 

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 August v Platen, writer, dies at 39 on this day in history. 

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 Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 on December - 05. 

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 this day in history. 

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 Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78 on December - 05. 

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

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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