Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  On this day in history carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies  

1112  On December - 12 tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies  

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 this day in history death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)  

1586  On December - 12 death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)  

1600  On December - 12 john Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies  

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

1685  On December - 12 death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)  

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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  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on December - 12.  

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on December - 12.  

1777  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on this day in history.  

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

1812  On this day in history john Malchair, composer, dies at 82  

1817  On December - 12 death of emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)  

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

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 December - 12.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1912  Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91 on this day in history.  

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

1923  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1418  On this day in history 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  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on December - 12.  

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on December - 12.  

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on December - 12.