Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12

0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  On this day in history 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 January - 12.   

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  On this day in history 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  Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1700  Death of Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620) on this day in history.   

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

1732  On this day in history death of john Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)   

1735  On this day in history death of john Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)   

1759  Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 on January - 12.   

1765  Johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1777  Death of Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) on January - 12.   

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  On this day in history friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56   

1833  Death of Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784) on January - 12.   

1834  Death of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) on January - 12.   

1839  On this day in history 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 Ľudovít 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 this day in history.   

1897  Death of Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1899  On January - 12 death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

1909  On January - 12 death of hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)   

1921  On this day in history death of gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)   

1925  On January - 12 oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85   

1926  On this day in history 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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1483  On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on January - 12.   

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.   

1580  On January - 12 birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)