Famous Deaths In December - 05

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

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  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on this day in history.  

1570  On this day in history death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)  

1594  On this day in history gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82  

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

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

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

1675  John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1745  Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

1758  On December - 05 johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70  

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 this day in history.  

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  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 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 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 December - 05 death of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804)  

1891  On December - 05 jKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies  

1895  On this day in history death of chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1443  On this day in history 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 December - 05.  

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on this day in history.  

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 December - 05.  

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)