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

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

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

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

1677  On December - 12 jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle  

1685  On this day in history death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)  

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1751  Death of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on December - 12.  

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

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1777  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on December - 12.  

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

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

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

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  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1843  On this day in history 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 December - 12.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history 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  On December - 12 henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies  

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

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1298  On this day in history birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)  

1418  Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer  

1610  On this day in history 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)