Famous Deaths In December - 13

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

1048  On this day in history al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74  

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

1126  On December - 13 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  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)  

1516  On this day in history death of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)  

1521  Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

1565  On December - 13 konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49  

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

1603  On December - 13 franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63  

1621  Death of Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535) on December - 13.  

1622  Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

1693  Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies on this day in history.  

1716  Death of Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) on December - 13.  

1721  Death of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676) on December - 13.  

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

1738  On this day in history gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59  

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

1774  On December - 13 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50  

1783  On this day in history death of pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)  

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

1793  On this day in history johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63  

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

1814  On this day in history charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79  

1835  Death of John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760) on this day in history.  

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

1862  On this day in history conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49  

1863  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 on December - 13.  

1868  Death of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794) on this day in history.  

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

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  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)  

1640  On this day in history 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  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.  

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