Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on this day in history.   

1321  On this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

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

1519  On this day in history maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

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

1705  Death of Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634) on January - 12.   

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

1735  Death of John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) on January - 12.   

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

1765  Johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68 on January - 12.   

1777  On this day in history 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 January - 12.   

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

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

1829  On January - 12 friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56   

1833  On this day in history death of marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)   

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

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 Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) on January - 12.   

1860  On January - 12 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 January - 12.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1928  On this day in history 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 January - 12.   

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

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

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  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.   

1580  On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)