Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies on this day in history.   

1112  On December - 12 tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies   

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

1212  On this day in history death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York   

1263  Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies on December - 12.   

1574  On December - 12 death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)   

1586  On December - 12 death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)   

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

1677  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on December - 12.   

1685  On December - 12 death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)   

1751  On this day in history death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)   

1754  On December - 12 death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)   

1766  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on December - 12.   

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on December - 12.   

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

1788  On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88   

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

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on this day in history.   

1812  On December - 12 john Malchair, composer, dies at 82   

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  Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)   

1872  On December - 12 willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72   

1877  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1880  Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1894  Death of Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) on this day in history.   

1912  On December - 12 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 this day in history.   

1920  On this day in history olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75   

1921  Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies on this day in history.   

1923  Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 on this day in history.   

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1298  On December - 12 birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)   

1418  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)   

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

1574  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on December - 12.   

1579  On December - 12 birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

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

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on this day in history.