Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  On December - 12 carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies  

1112  On December - 12 tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies  

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

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

1263  On this day in history hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

1574  On this day in history death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)  

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on this day in history.  

1600  On this day in history 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  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on this day in history.  

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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 this day in history.  

1777  On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69  

1788  On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88  

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

1790  On this day in history 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 this day in history giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67  

1843  Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71 on December - 12.  

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 December - 12.  

1877  On this day in history jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48  

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 this day in history.  

1894  Death of Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) on December - 12.  

1912  Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91 on December - 12.  

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

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

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1298  On this day in history 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  On December - 12 birth of saint Vasilije (d. 1671)  

1630  On December - 12 birth of olof Rudbeck, composer  

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on this day in history.