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

1204  On this day in history 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 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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

1574  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

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

1621  On December - 13 death of katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)   

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

1672  Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on December - 13.   

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

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  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  On December - 13 c F Gellert, writer, dies at 54   

1774  Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50 on December - 13.   

1783  Death of Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717) on December - 13.   

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 December - 13 marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68   

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

1835  On December - 13 death of john Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)   

1837  On this day in history death of herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756)   

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

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

1868  On December - 13 death of carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)   

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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 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  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on December - 13.   

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

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.   

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