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

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on this day in history.  

1263  On December - 12 hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on December - 12.  

1586  On this day in history death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)  

1600  On December - 12 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 this day in history death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)  

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

1754  On this day in history death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)  

1766  On December - 12 death of johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)  

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

1789  On December - 12 death of john Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713)  

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  Death of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) on December - 12.  

1836  On this day in history giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67  

1843  On December - 12 willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71  

1858  Death of Jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1872  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

1913  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on this day in history.  

1914  On December - 12 death of watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La  

1920  On December - 12 olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75  

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

1923  On December - 12 raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20  

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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  Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II was born on this day in history.  

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

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on this day in history.  

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born on December - 12.  

1630  On this day in history birth of olof Rudbeck, composer  

1659  On December - 12 birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)