Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies on December - 12.  

1112  On this day in history tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies  

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 December - 12 hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

1574  On this day in history death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)  

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on December - 12.  

1600  On this day in history john Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies  

1677  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1766  On this day in history death of johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)  

1772  On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41  

1777  On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69  

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

1789  On this day in history death of john Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713)  

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 this day in history 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 December - 12.  

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

1872  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 on December - 12.  

1877  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 on December - 12.  

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 December - 12 death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)  

1912  Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

1913  On December - 12 death of emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)  

1914  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on this day in history.  

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

1921  Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies on December - 12.  

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

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1298  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on December - 12.  

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

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

1574  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.  

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

1610  On December - 12 birth of saint Vasilije (d. 1671)  

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

1659  On this day in history birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)