Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on this day in history.  

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

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on December - 05.  

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 December - 05.  

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

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1654  Death of Jean François Sarrazin, French writer on December - 05.  

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

1675  John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73 on December - 05.  

1745  On this day in history christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52  

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  James Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1784  Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston on December - 05.  

1791  On December - 05 wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35  

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 December - 05.  

1819  On December - 05 death of friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750)  

1835  August v Platen, writer, dies at 39 on this day in history.  

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

1870  A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1886  On December - 05 peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84  

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  Death of Chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840) on December - 05.  

1902  On December - 05 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  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 December - 05.  

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  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on this day in history.  

1539  On this day in history 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  Ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian was born on December - 05.  

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