Famous Deaths In December - 07

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

0283  On this day in history death of pope Eutychian  

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

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

1279  Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on December - 07.  

1295  Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on this day in history.  

1383  On this day in history wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies  

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

1649  Death of Charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606) on this day in history.  

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 December - 07 death of jan Santini Aichel, Bohemian architect (b. 1677)  

1725  Death of Florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661) on December - 07.  

1775  On this day in history death of charles Saunders, British admiral  

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

1811  On this day in history ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54  

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

1817  On this day in history william Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63  

1823  On this day in history johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79  

1826  John Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71 on December - 07.  

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

1834  On December - 07 ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23  

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

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

1842  Death of Thomas Hamilton, Scottish writer (b. 1789) on this day in history.  

1860  On December - 07 constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43  

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

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  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 this day in history.  

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

1902  On December - 07 thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies  

1906  Death of Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1833) on December - 07.  

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0521  On this day in history birth of saint Columba, Irish Christian missionary to Scotland (d. 597)  

0903  Abd Al-Rahman Al Sufi, Persian astronomer (d. 986) was born on this day in history.  

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  Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, consort of Mary I of Scotland (d. 1567) was born on this day in history.  

1557  Girolamo Trombeti, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1598  On December - 07 birth of giovanni Bernini, Italy, baroque sculptor (St Teresa in Ecstasy)