Famous Deaths In July - 12

0783  Bertha "with the great feet", wife of French king Pippin III, dies on this day in history.  

1073  Johannes Gualbertus, Italian monk/saint, dies on July - 12.  

1429  John [Jean C] Gerson, Fren theologist (Theologica mystic), dies at 65 on July - 12.  

1441  Death of Ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (b. 1394) on July - 12.  

1450  On July - 12 death of jack Cade, slain in a revolt against British King Henry VI  

1536  Desiderius Erasmus, humanist/priest (Novum instrumentum omne), dies on July - 12.  

1545  Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies on this day in history.  

1575  Renée/Renata de France, duchess of Ferara/daughter of Louis XII, dies on this day in history.  

1584  Death of Steven Borough, English explorer (b. 1525) on this day in history.  

1633  On July - 12 simon Besler, composer, dies at 49  

1640  Henry Casimir I, count of Nassau-Dietz, dies on this day in history.  

1664  Death of Stefano della Bella, Italian printmaker (b. 1610) on this day in history.  

1682  On this day in history death of jean Picard, French astronomer (b. 1620)  

1693  On July - 12 death of john Ashby, English admiral  

1712  Richard Cromwell, English Lord Protector (1658-59), dies at 85 on this day in history.  

1742  On July - 12 evaristo EF dall' Abaco, Ital cellist/composer, dies on 67th birthday  

1749  Death of Charles de la Boische, Marquis de Beauharnois, Governor of New France on this day in history.  

1773  Johann Joachim Quantz, German royal flautist/composer, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1804  On July - 12 death of alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury, killed by Vice President Aaron Burr in pistol duel near Weehawken  

1839  Christian Traugott Tag, composer, dies at 62 on July - 12.  

1844  On this day in history charles-Louis Panckoucke, French publisher, dies at 63  

1845  Death of Henrik Wergeland, Norwegian author (b. 1808) on this day in history.  

1849  Death of Dolley Madison, 4th First Lady Of The United States (b. 1768) on July - 12.  

1874  Fritz Reuter, writer, dies at 63 on July - 12.  

1882  Alfred Humphreys Pease, composer, dies at 44 on July - 12.  

1883  Hermann Zopff, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history.  

1897  On July - 12 felix Godefroid, composer, dies at 78  

1898  Paul Voulet, French captain/mass murderer in Senegal, dies on this day in history.  

1899  Esquire Mauritius A de Savornin Lohman, gov of Suriname, dies at 67 on this day in history.  

1902  On this day in history pieter Caland, Dutch hydraulic engineer (New Waterway), dies at 74  

1906  Henrique Alves de Mesquita, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1910  Death of Charles Stewart Rolls, British engineer and aviator (b. 1887) on July - 12.  

1916  On this day in history aritius S Talma, Dutch minister of Agriculture, dies at 52  

1917  On July - 12 fournier, Swiss/French postage stamp merchant/forger, dies  

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1394  On July - 12 birth of ashikaga Yoshinori, Japanese shogun (d. 1441)  

1644  Arnold Moonen, Dutch vicar/literature (David's holy saint graduals) was born on July - 12.  

1675  Evaristo E Felice dall' Abaco, Italian cellist/composer was born on this day in history.  

1730  On July - 12 birth of josiah Wedgwood, England, pottery designer/manufacturer (Wedgwood)  

1757  On this day in history birth of christian Danner, composer  

1794  On July - 12 birth of heinrich Christian Pander, Russian zoologist  

1801  On July - 12 birth of john Hill Hewitt, composer  

1802  Charles-Louis Hanssens, composer was born on this day in history.