Famous Deaths Happened 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  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 December - 12.   

1677  On December - 12 jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle   

1685  On this day in history 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  On December - 12 death of johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)   

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1788  On December - 12 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 December - 12.   

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

1817  Death of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) on this day in history.   

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  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  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  Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77 on December - 12.   

1894  Death of Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) on December - 12.   

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  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

1574  On this day in history birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)   

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on December - 12.   

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

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

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