Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

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

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)   

1586  On December - 12 death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)   

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

1751  On December - 12 death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)   

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on December - 12.   

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

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

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  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 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1894  On this day in history death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)   

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

1913  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on this day in history.   

1914  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on December - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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1298  On this day in history birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)   

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  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

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