Famous Deaths 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  On December - 12 maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69  

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

1263  On this day in history hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies  

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

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

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

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

1788  On this day in history joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88  

1789  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on December - 12.  

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  On December - 12 death of emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)  

1836  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

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 December - 12.  

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 December - 12 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  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on this day in history.  

1418  On December - 12 birth of albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)  

1574  On December - 12 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 December - 12 birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer  

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

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on December - 12.  

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