Famous Deaths In March - 12

0417  Innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies on March - 12.  

0604  Gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 on March - 12.  

1209  Djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies on this day in history.  

1289  On this day in history death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259)  

1374  On March - 12 death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336)  

1447  On March - 12 death of shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377)  

1471  Dionysius the Carthusian/van Rijkel, Dutch scholastic theologist, dies on March - 12.  

1496  On this day in history johannes de Lapide, [Johan Heynlin], German philosopher, dies  

1507  On March - 12 death of cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31  

1563  On March - 12 john Bull, composer of British natl anthem (God Save The King), dies  

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1570  On this day in history jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies  

1608  On March - 12 death of koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530)  

1628  John Bull, English organist/composer, dies on March - 12.  

1648  Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 on March - 12.  

1681  French van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 on March - 12.  

1699  On this day in history death of peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635)  

1734  Antonius Schultingh, [Schultingius], Dutch lawyer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1753  George Berkeley, philosopher/bishop (Cloyne), dies on 68th birthday on March - 12.  

1790  On March - 12 death of andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710)  

1824  Heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48 on March - 12.  

1831  On this day in history johann Franz Volkert, composer, dies at 64  

1832  Daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 on this day in history.  

1834  On March - 12 karl W Feuerbach, mathematician (circle of Feuerbach), dies at 33  

1840  On March - 12 friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61  

1852  On this day in history juan Bros y Bertomel, composer, dies at 75  

1872  On March - 12 death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811)  

1877  Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

1883  Murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies on this day in history.  

1888  Henry Bergh, founder (ASPCA), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1889  Yohannes IV, [Kasa], Emperor of Ethiopia (1872-89), dies in battle on this day in history.  

1894  Death of Illarion Pryanishnikov, Russian painter (b. 1840) on March - 12.  

1898  Death of Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818) on this day in history.  

1902  John Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 on this day in history.  

1905  Rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

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1270  On March - 12 birth of charles of Valois, son of Philip III of France (d. 1325)  

1336  Eduard, Duke of Gelre (1361-71) husband of Catharina of Bayern was born on this day in history.  

1479  On March - 12 birth of giuliano de' Medici, monarch of Florence  

1515  Caspar Othmayr, composer was born on March - 12.  

1607  Paul Gerhardt, German hymnist (d. 1676) was born on March - 12.  

1613  André Le Nôtre, French landscape architect (d. 1700) was born on March - 12.  

1620  Johann Heinrich Hottinger, Swiss philologist and theologian (d. 1667) was born on this day in history.  

1626  On March - 12 birth of john Aubrey, English antiquary and writer (d. 1697)