Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  On December - 05 death of saint John of Damascus, theologian  

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

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

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

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

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

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 December - 05.  

1791  On this day in history wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35  

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

1818  Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 on December - 05.  

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

1835  On December - 05 august v Platen, writer, dies at 39  

1842  On this day in history mJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82  

1853  On December - 05 johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80  

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

1870  A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 on December - 05.  

1886  On this day in history peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84  

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

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  On December - 05 henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78  

1916  On this day in history hans Richter, composer, dies at 73  

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

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

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)  

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

1545  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet  

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian  

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on this day in history.