Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  On December - 12 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  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on this day in history.   

1263  Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies on December - 12.   

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  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  On December - 12 death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)   

1751  Death of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678) on December - 12.   

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

1766  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on December - 12.   

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  On December - 12 death of mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)   

1812  John Malchair, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1817  Death of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) on December - 12.   

1836  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 on December - 12.   

1843  On this day in history willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71   

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 this day in history.   

1877  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1880  Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

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

1418  On December - 12 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  On December - 12 birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

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

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on December - 12.   

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