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

1212  On this day in history death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York  

1263  On December - 12 hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on December - 12.  

1586  On December - 12 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 this day in history jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle  

1685  On December - 12 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 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 December - 12.  

1788  On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88  

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  On December - 12 john Malchair, composer, dies at 82  

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

1858  Death of Jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787) on this day in history.  

1872  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 on December - 12.  

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 December - 12 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 this day in history.  

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

1914  On December - 12 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 December - 12 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  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on December - 12.  

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 December - 12.  

1579  On this day in history birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer  

1610  On this day in history birth of saint Vasilije (d. 1671)  

1630  On December - 12 birth of olof Rudbeck, composer  

1659  On December - 12 birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)