Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  On December - 12 carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies  

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on December - 12.  

1204  On December - 12 maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69  

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on December - 12.  

1263  On this day in history hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on this day in history.  

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on this day in history.  

1600  John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies on December - 12.  

1677  On this day in history jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle  

1685  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on December - 12.  

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1751  Death of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678) on December - 12.  

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on this day in history.  

1766  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.  

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1777  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1788  Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on December - 12.  

1789  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1790  On this day in history death of mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)  

1812  John Malchair, composer, dies at 82 on December - 12.  

1817  On December - 12 death of emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)  

1836  On December - 12 giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67  

1843  On this day in history willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71  

1858  On December - 12 death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)  

1872  On this day in history willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72  

1877  On December - 12 jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48  

1880  On December - 12 michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83  

1889  On this day in history robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77  

1894  On this day in history death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)  

1912  On this day in history luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91  

1913  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on December - 12.  

1914  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on December - 12.  

1920  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies  

1923  Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 on December - 12.  

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1298  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on this day in history.  

1418  Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) was born on December - 12.  

1574  Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II was born on December - 12.  

1574  On this day in history birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)  

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on December - 12.  

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.  

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on December - 12.  

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on December - 12.