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 December - 12.   

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

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

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

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)   

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 December - 12.   

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  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  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on December - 12.   

1790  On December - 12 death of mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)   

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

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

1836  On December - 12 giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67   

1843  Willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1858  On this day in history death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)   

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 this day in history.   

1880  Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 on December - 12.   

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 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  On December - 12 death of watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La   

1920  On this day in history olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75   

1921  On this day in history henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies   

1923  Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 on December - 12.   

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

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