Famous Deaths Happened In December - 13
Thursday, 01 January 2026
0838 On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies 

1048 On December - 13 al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 

1124 On December - 13 callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies 

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

1204 Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on this day in history. 

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

1404 On December - 13 albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 

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

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. 

1557 Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies on this day in history. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

1693 Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies on December - 13. 

1716 Death of Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) on this day in history. 

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

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

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

1769 C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54 on December - 13. 

1774 On this day in history 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 December - 13 johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 

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

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

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

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