Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.  

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on this day in history.  

1126  On this day in history hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies  

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

1250  On December - 13 frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.  

1516  Death of Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462) on this day in history.  

1521  On December - 13 manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52  

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1557  On December - 13 niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies  

1565  On this day in history konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49  

1574  On December - 13 selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50  

1603  On this day in history franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63  

1621  Death of Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535) on this day in history.  

1622  On December - 13 jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50  

1672  On December - 13 jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63  

1693  On this day in history dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies  

1716  On December - 13 death of charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)  

1721  On this day in history death of alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)  

1729  On this day in history anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53  

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on December - 13.  

1769  C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1783  Death of Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717) on this day in history.  

1784  Death of Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709) on this day in history.  

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68  

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 on December - 13.  

1835  Death of John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760) on December - 13.  

1837  Death of Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756) on December - 13.  

1862  Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 on this day in history.  

1863  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

1868  Death of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794) on December - 13.  

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1521  On this day in history birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)  

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)  

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on December - 13.  

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)  

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1678  On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.