Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on December - 12.  

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

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

1685  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on December - 12.  

1751  On this day in history death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)  

1754  On December - 12 death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)  

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

1772  On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41  

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

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

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

1790  On this day in history death of mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)  

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

1817  On this day in history death of emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)  

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  On December - 12 death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)  

1872  On December - 12 willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72  

1877  On December - 12 jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48  

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 December - 12 death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)  

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

1913  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on December - 12.  

1914  On this day in history death of watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La  

1920  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 December - 12.  

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

1574  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.  

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

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.  

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.