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 this day in history maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69  

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

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

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

1677  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1685  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on this day in history.  

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1751  On this day in history death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)  

1754  On this day in history death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)  

1766  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.  

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

1777  On December - 12 albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69  

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

1789  On December - 12 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 December - 12.  

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

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

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

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 December - 12.  

1889  On this day in history 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 December - 12.  

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 this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1418  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)  

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

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

1630  On this day in history birth of olof Rudbeck, composer  

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