Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12
Tuesday, 30 December 2025
0689 On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies 

1049 Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on January - 12. 

1167 On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 

1321 Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history. 

1390 Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on January - 12. 

1519 On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies 

1537 Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history. 

1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12. 

1674 Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1700 On this day in history death of marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620) 

1705 On this day in history death of luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634) 

1732 On January - 12 death of john Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685) 

1735 On January - 12 death of john Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) 

1759 On January - 12 anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 

1765 On January - 12 johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68 

1777 On this day in history death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) 

1781 On this day in history death of richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) 

1807 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71 on January - 12. 

1817 Death of Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) on January - 12. 

1829 Friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56 on this day in history. 

1833 Death of Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784) on this day in history. 

1834 Death of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) on this day in history. 

1839 Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1851 Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 on this day in history. 

1856 Death of ĽudovÃt Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) on this day in history. 

1860 On this day in history martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63 

1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 on January - 12. 

1897 Death of Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) on January - 12. 

1899 Death of Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) on this day in history. 

1909 Death of Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) on January - 12. 

1921 Death of Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866) on January - 12. 

1925 Oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85 on this day in history. 

1926 On January - 12 death of sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864) 

1928 On January - 12 death of ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair 

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