Famous Deaths In December - 05

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

1082  On this day in history 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  On this day in history johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies  

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies  

1560  Francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16 on December - 05.  

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history.  

1594  On December - 05 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 December - 05.  

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1663  Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1745  On December - 05 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 December - 05 johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70  

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

1784  On this day in history phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston  

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

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

1818  On this day in history bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60  

1819  Death of Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) on December - 05.  

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

1842  On December - 05 mJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82  

1853  Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.  

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

1870  On December - 05 a Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68  

1886  Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1887  Death of Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804) on December - 05.  

1891  JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies on this day in history.  

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

1902  Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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  Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78 on December - 05.  

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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 December - 05.  

1495  On December - 05 birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)  

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.  

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 this day in history.  

1547  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.  

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