Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12
Wednesday, 03 September 2025
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 Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on this day in history.
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 Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on December - 12.
1600 John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies on December - 12.
1677 On December - 12 jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle
1685 Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on this day in history.
1751 Death of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678) on December - 12.
1754 On this day in history death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)
1766 On this day in history death of johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)
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 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 Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on December - 12.
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 On December - 12 giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67
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 December - 12.
1880 On this day in history michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83
1889 On December - 12 robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77
1894 On this day in history 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 On this day in history death of emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)
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 this day in history 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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