Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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 December - 13.  

1204  On this day in history maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69  

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

1516  Death of Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462) on December - 13.  

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

1557  On this day in history niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies  

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

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 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  On this day in history dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies  

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

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

1769  On this day in history c F Gellert, writer, dies at 54  

1774  On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50  

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  On December - 13 johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63  

1812  On December - 13 marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68  

1814  On December - 13 charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79  

1835  Death of John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760) on December - 13.  

1837  On December - 13 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  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.  

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

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1521  Sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90) was born on this day in history.  

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)  

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on December - 13.  

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  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  On this day in history birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)