Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.  

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on this day in history.  

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

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55  

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.  

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.  

1516  Death of Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462) on December - 13.  

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

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1557  Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies on December - 13.  

1565  Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

1574  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 on December - 13.  

1603  Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63 on this day in history.  

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

1622  Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50 on December - 13.  

1672  Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1693  On December - 13 dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies  

1716  On this day in history death of charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)  

1721  On December - 13 death of alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)  

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

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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 December - 13.  

1784  On this day in history death of samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)  

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on December - 13.  

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 on December - 13.  

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1835  On this day in history death of john Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)  

1837  Death of Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756) on this day in history.  

1862  On December - 13 conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49  

1863  On this day in history friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50  

1868  On this day in history death of carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)  

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on this day in history.  

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  On December - 13 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  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.  

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)