Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian  

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

1212  On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies  

1244  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on this day in history.  

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.  

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1663  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80  

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

1784  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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 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 December - 05.  

1902  On this day in history 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  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  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on December - 05.  

1537  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)  

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on December - 05.  

1545  On December - 05 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  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)