Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  On December - 12 carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies   

1112  On December - 12 tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies   

1204  Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on this day in history.   

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 December - 12.   

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 this day in history death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)   

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 this day in history.   

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

1790  On December - 12 death of mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)   

1812  John Malchair, composer, dies at 82 on December - 12.   

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 this day in history.   

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 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 December - 12.   

1880  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1914  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on this day in history.   

1920  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on December - 12.   

1921  Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies on this day in history.   

1923  On December - 12 raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20   

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

1579  On this day in history birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born on December - 12.   

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on this day in history.