Famous Deaths Happened 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  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on December - 12.   

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

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

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

1600  John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies on December - 12.   

1677  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on December - 12.   

1685  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on this day in history.   

1751  On December - 12 death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)   

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on this day in history.   

1766  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

1772  On December - 12 johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

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

1788  Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1789  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on this day in history.   

1812  John Malchair, composer, dies at 82 on December - 12.   

1817  Death of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) on this day in history.   

1836  On December - 12 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  On this day in history willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72   

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  On this day in history death of emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)   

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  Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)   

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on December - 12.   

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

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)