Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  On this day in history carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies   

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

1204  Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

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

1263  Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1751  On December - 12 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  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

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

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

1788  On December - 12 joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88   

1789  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on December - 12.   

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on December - 12.   

1812  On this day in history 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 December - 12 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  On December - 12 michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83   

1889  Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77 on December - 12.   

1894  On December - 12 death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)   

1912  On December - 12 luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91   

1913  On this day in history death of emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)   

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 December - 12 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 December - 12.   

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

1574  On this day in history birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

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 this day in history.   

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.