Famous Deaths 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 this day in history.  

1204  On December - 12 maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69  

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on December - 12.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

1685  On this day in history death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)  

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1751  Death of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678) on this day in history.  

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on December - 12.  

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  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

1788  On December - 12 joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88  

1789  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on December - 12.  

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on December - 12.  

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

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

1836  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 on December - 12.  

1843  On this day in history willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71  

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

1872  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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

1889  On December - 12 robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77  

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

1912  On December - 12 luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91  

1913  On December - 12 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  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on December - 12.  

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  On December - 12 birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)  

1418  Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) was born on December - 12.  

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

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)