Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

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

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

1204  Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on December - 12.   

1212  On December - 12 death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York   

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

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

1586  On this day in history 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  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.   

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

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

1777  On December - 12 albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69   

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

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

1790  On December - 12 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  Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71 on December - 12.   

1858  On December - 12 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  On December - 12 jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48   

1880  On this day in history michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83   

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

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

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 December - 12.   

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

1921  On December - 12 henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies   

1923  On this day in history raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20   

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

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

1579  On December - 12 birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

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

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

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