Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12

0689  Benedict biscop: English saint,   

1049  Abu sa'id ibn aboa al-chair: Persian mystic,   

1167  Aelred of hexham/rievaulx: English abbot/saint,   

1321  Maria of brabant: Wife of philip iii of france (b. 1256)   

1390  Peter van herenthals: Dutch theologist/church historian,   

1519  Maximilian i of hapsburg: German kaiser,   

1537  Lorenzo di credi: Italian painter,   

1665  Pierre de fermat: French mathematician (fermat therorem),   

1674  Giacomo carissimi: Italian bandmaster/composer (jephta),   

1700  Marguerite bourgeoys: Saint (b. 1620)   

1705  Luca giordano: Italian artist (b. 1634)   

1732  John horsley: British archaeologist (b. 1685)   

1735  John eccles: English composer (b. 1668)   

1759  Anne of hannover: English princess,   

1765  Johann melchior molter: Composer,   

1777  Hugh mercer: American revolutionary war officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)   

1781  Richard challoner: English catholic prelate (b. 1691)   

1807  Adriaan kluit: Dutch historian,   

1817  Juan andres: Spanish jesuit (b. 1740)   

1829  Friedrich von schlegel: German cultural philosopher/poet,   

1833  Marie-antoine carême: French chef (b. 1784)   

1834  William wyndham grenville: 1st baron grenville, prime minister of the united kingdom (b. 1759)   

1839  Joseph a koch: Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator,   

1851  Johan herman koekkoek: Painter,   

1856  Ä½udovít Å túr: Slovak politician, author of slovak language, (b. 1815)   

1860  Martinus j niewindt: Bishop on curacao (christened slaves),   

1867  Victor cousin: French philosopher/minister of education,   

1897  Isaac pitman: British inventor (pitman shorthand) (b. 1813)   

1899  Hiram walker: American distiller (b. 1816)   

1909  Hermann minkowski: German mathematician (b. 1864)   

1921  Gervase elwes: English tenor (b. 1866)   

1925  Oskar brefeld: German botanist,   

1926  Sir austin chapman: Australian politician (b. 1864)   

1928  Ruth snyder: 1st woman to die in electric chair   

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1483  Hendrik van nassau-dillenburg en dietz: Gov/viceroy of holland   

1483  Henry iii of nassau-breda: German noblem   

1492  Andreas alicatus: Italian author   

1562  Charles emanuel i: The great, duke of savoy   

1576  Peter scriverius: Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  Jan baptist van helmont: Flemish chemist   

1580  Jean baptiste van helmont: Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  Lord alexander ruthven: Scottish nobleman