Famous Deaths Happened In March - 12
Monday, 09 February 2026
0417 On this day in history innocent I, Italian Pope (401-417), dies 

0604 On this day in history gregory I the Great, Pope (590-604), dies at 64 

1209 On this day in history djamal al-din Abu Mohammed Iljas Nizami, Persian poet, dies 

1289 On March - 12 death of king Demetre II of Georgia (b. 1259) 

1374 On this day in history death of emperor Go-Kogon of Japan (b. 1336) 

1447 Death of Shah Rukh, ruler of Persia and Transoxonia (b. 1377) on this day in history. 

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 Death of Cesare Borgia, cardinal/soldier/politician, killed in battle at 31 on this day in history. 

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

1570 Jacob van den Eynden, Grand Pensionary of Holland, dies on March - 12. 

1608 Death of Koriki Kiyonaga, Japanese warlord (b. 1530) on March - 12. 

1628 On March - 12 john Bull, English organist/composer, dies 

1648 Tirso de Molina, Spanish author, dies at about 63 on this day in history. 

1681 On this day in history french van Mieris, the Elder, Dutch genre painter, dies at 45 

1699 Death of Peder Griffenfeld, Danish statesman (b. 1635) on March - 12. 

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 Death of Andreas Hadik, Austro-Hungarian general (b. 1710) on this day in history. 

1824 On this day in history heinrich Carl Ebell, composer, dies at 48 

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

1832 On this day in history daniel Friedrich Kuhlau, German/Danish opera composer, dies at 45 

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

1840 On this day in history friedrich Westenholz, composer, dies at 61 

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

1872 On this day in history death of zeng Guofan, Chinese politician and general (b. 1811) 

1877 Crystobal Oudrid y Segura, composer, dies at 52 on March - 12. 

1883 On March - 12 murrumgunarriman, [Twopenny], cricketer (Aboriginal team 1868), dies 

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 March - 12. 

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

1898 Death of Zacharias Topelius, Finnish-Swedish writer (b. 1818) on March - 12. 

1902 On March - 12 john Peter Altgeld, German/US governor of Illinois, dies at 54 

1905 On March - 12 rudolf von Alt, Austrian painter, dies at 92 

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