Famous Deaths In December - 07

0043  Death of Cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) on this day in history.  

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on December - 07.  

0983  Otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 on December - 07.  

1254  Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on December - 07.  

1279  On December - 07 death of king Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226)  

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on December - 07.  

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07.  

1498  On December - 07 death of alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist  

1649  On December - 07 death of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606)  

1672  On December - 07 death of richard Bellingham, English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592)  

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1683  Death of John Oldham, English poet (smallpox) (b. 1653) on this day in history.  

1723  On this day in history death of jan Santini Aichel, Bohemian architect (b. 1677)  

1725  On this day in history death of florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)  

1775  Death of Charles Saunders, British admiral on this day in history.  

1793  On this day in history death of joseph Bara, French revolutionary (b. 1780)  

1811  On December - 07 ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54  

1815  On this day in history death of michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46  

1817  On December - 07 william Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63  

1823  Johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79 on December - 07.  

1826  On December - 07 john Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71  

1829  Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1834  Ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23 on this day in history.  

1839  Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 on December - 07.  

1841  On this day in history johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83  

1842  Death of Thomas Hamilton, Scottish writer (b. 1789) on December - 07.  

1860  On this day in history constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43  

1862  On December - 07 sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies  

1867  On this day in history rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42  

1874  Death of Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815) on this day in history.  

1881  On this day in history julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51  

1894  Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 on this day in history.  

1899  Antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.  

1902  Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies on December - 07.  

1906  On this day in history death of Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1833)  

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0521  Saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597) was born on this day in history.  

0903  On this day in history birth of abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986)  

1302  Azzone Visconti lord of Milan (d. 1339) was born on this day in history.  

1542  On December - 07 birth of mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587)  

1545  On December - 07 birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)  

1557  On this day in history birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer  

1561  On this day in history birth of kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625)  

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on December - 07.