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

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  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  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 this day in history 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  On December - 13 jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50  

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

1721  On this day in history death of alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)  

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

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

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  On December - 13 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  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1812  On this day in history marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68  

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

1835  On December - 13 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 this day in history conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49  

1863  On December - 13 friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50  

1868  Death of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794) on December - 13.  

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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 December - 13 birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1640  Robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.  

1662  On December - 13 birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)  

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

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