Famous Deaths In December - 12

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

1112  On this day in history tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies  

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

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1751  Death of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678) on December - 12.  

1754  On December - 12 death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)  

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

1772  On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41  

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

1788  Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on December - 12.  

1789  On December - 12 death of john Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713)  

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 this day in history giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67  

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

1858  On December - 12 death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)  

1872  On December - 12 willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72  

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 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 December - 12.  

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

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  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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

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

1574  On this day in history birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II  

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)  

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