Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies  

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

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.  

1126  On December - 13 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  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on December - 13.  

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74  

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.  

1516  On this day in history death of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)  

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

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

1565  On December - 13 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  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  On this day in history jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50  

1672  On December - 13 jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63  

1693  On this day in history dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies  

1716  On December - 13 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  On this day in history 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  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 December - 13.  

1793  On December - 13 johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63  

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 on December - 13.  

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

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

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

1868  On this day in history death of carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)  

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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  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  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)  

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on this day in history.  

1678  On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)  

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)