Famous Deaths In May - 12

0912  Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.  

1003  On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome  

1012  On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies  

1382  Johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies on May - 12.  

1465  On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea  

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on this day in history.  

1641  Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on this day in history.  

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.  

1684  On May - 12 death of edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest  

1699  On this day in history death of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)  

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1708  On May - 12 death of adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)  

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on May - 12.  

1748  On May - 12 death of thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)  

1759  Death of Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700) on May - 12.  

1784  Death of Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710) on May - 12.  

1792  On May - 12 death of charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710)  

1796  On May - 12 johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75  

1801  Death of Nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734) on May - 12.  

1811  On this day in history louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52  

1814  Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1825  On May - 12 elias Mann, composer, dies at 75  

1843  Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74 on May - 12.  

1845  On this day in history august Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77  

1852  On this day in history john Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies  

1856  On this day in history death of jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786)  

1860  Death of Charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795) on May - 12.  

1861  On May - 12 christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50  

1864  On this day in history abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37  

1867  Death of Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795) on this day in history.  

1871  On this day in history daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89  

1876  Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63 on May - 12.  

1884  Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1896  Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38 on May - 12.  

1897  Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53 on this day in history.  

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1401  Emperor Shōkō (d. 1428) was born on May - 12.  

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)  

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.  

1622  Louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698) was born on May - 12.  

1626  On May - 12 birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)  

1662  On this day in history birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized  

1670  On May - 12 birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)  

1670  On this day in history birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)