Famous Deaths In December - 05

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

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

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1624  Death of Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1758  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1770  On December - 05 james Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78  

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  On December - 05 robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61  

1818  Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 on December - 05.  

1819  On this day in history 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  MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

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

1859  On December - 05 louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82  

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

1886  Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84 on December - 05.  

1887  On this day in history 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 December - 05 death of chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840)  

1902  On December - 05 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  On this day in history birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)  

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on December - 05.  

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)  

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 this day in history.  

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on December - 05.