Famous Deaths Happened In December - 05
Sunday, 04 January 2026
0749 On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian 

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

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 Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on December - 05. 

1624 On December - 05 death of gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) 

1654 Death of Jean François Sarrazin, French writer on this day in history. 

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

1675 On this day in history 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 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 On December - 05 phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston 

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 On December - 05 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 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 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 this day in history. 

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

1922 On this day in history samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies 

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

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