Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  On December - 05 death of saint John of Damascus, theologian  

1082  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona  

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

1244  On December - 05 johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies  

1355  On this day in history jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies  

1560  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16  

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  Death of Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) on December - 05.  

1654  On this day in history death of jean François Sarrazin, French writer  

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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 December - 05.  

1749  On this day in history 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  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  On December - 05 robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61  

1818  Bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1819  Death of Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80  

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

1887  Death of Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804) on this day in history.  

1891  JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies on December - 05.  

1895  On December - 05 death of chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840)  

1902  Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78 on December - 05.  

1916  On this day in history hans Richter, composer, dies at 73  

1922  On December - 05 samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies  

1925  Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

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

1539  On December - 05 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 this day in history.  

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