Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12
Friday, 18 July 2025
0689 On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies
1049 On January - 12 abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81
1167 Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.
1321 Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on January - 12.
1390 On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1519 Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.
1537 On January - 12 lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies
1665 On this day in history pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63
1674 On this day in history giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68
1700 Death of Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620) on January - 12.
1705 On January - 12 death of luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
1732 Death of John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685) on January - 12.
1735 Death of John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) on January - 12.
1759 Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 on this day in history.
1765 On this day in history johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68
1777 On January - 12 death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)
1781 Death of Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) on this day in history.
1807 Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71 on January - 12.
1817 On this day in history death of juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
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 On January - 12 death of william Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)
1839 On January - 12 joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70
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 Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63 on January - 12.
1867 Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1897 On January - 12 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)
1899 Death of Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) on this day in history.
1909 On this day in history death of hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)
1921 Death of Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866) on this day in history.
1925 On January - 12 oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85
1926 Death of Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864) on January - 12.
1928 On this day in history death of ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair
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