Famous Deaths In December - 07

0043  On this day in history death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC)  

0283  Death of Pope Eutychian on this day in history.  

0983  On this day in history otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28  

1254  On December - 07 innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies  

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on this day in history.  

1295  On December - 07 death of gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243)  

1383  Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Richard Bellingham, English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592) on this day in history.  

1683  On this day in history death of john Oldham, English poet (smallpox) (b. 1653)  

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

1725  On December - 07 death of florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661)  

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

1793  Death of Joseph Bara, French revolutionary (b. 1780) on this day in history.  

1811  Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on December - 07.  

1815  Death of Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46 on this day in history.  

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  John Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1829  On this day in history johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45  

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

1839  Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1841  On December - 07 johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83  

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

1860  Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43 on December - 07.  

1862  Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

1867  On December - 07 rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42  

1874  On December - 07 death of constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815)  

1881  Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on December - 07.  

1894  Ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 on December - 07.  

1899  On this day in history antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82  

1902  On this day in history thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies  

1906  On December - 07 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 December - 07.  

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  Mary Stuart, Queen of Scotland (1560-1587) was born on December - 07.  

1545  On this day in history birth of henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567)  

1557  On December - 07 birth of girolamo Trombeti, composer  

1561  Kikkawa Hiroie, Japanese politician (d. 1625) was born on this day in history.  

1598  Giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy) was born on this day in history.