Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies on December - 12.  

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on this day in history.  

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

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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  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  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on December - 12.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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

1880  On this day in history michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83  

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  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on this day in history.  

1914  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on December - 12.  

1920  On this day in history 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 December - 12.  

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

1574  Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II was born on December - 12.  

1574  On December - 12 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 this day in history birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)