Famous Deaths In December - 13

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

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

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.  

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on December - 13.  

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

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

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  Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49 on December - 13.  

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  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 this day in history.  

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 December - 13.  

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

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

1729  On December - 13 anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53  

1738  On December - 13 gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59  

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

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

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 December - 13 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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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 December - 13.  

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on this day in history.  

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

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 December - 13.  

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on this day in history.  

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