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 this day in history.   

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on January - 12.   

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

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on January - 12.   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.   

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  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 this day in history.   

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  On January - 12 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  On this day in history death of richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)   

1807  On this day in history adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71   

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 this day in history death of william Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)   

1839  On this day in history joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70   

1851  On January - 12 johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72   

1856  On this day in history death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

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  On January - 12 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)   

1899  On this day in history death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

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

1921  On January - 12 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  Death of Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair on January - 12.   

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1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on January - 12.   

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

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

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on this day in history.   

1577  On January - 12 birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

1580  On this day in history 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)