Famous Deaths In May - 12

0912  On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45  

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on this day in history.  

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

1382  On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies  

1465  On this day in history death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea  

1634  George Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies on May - 12.  

1641  On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48  

1649  On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered  

1684  Death of Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest on May - 12.  

1699  On May - 12 death of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)  

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1708  Death of Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) on May - 12.  

1737  Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

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

1759  On this day in history death of lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700)  

1784  On May - 12 death of abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710)  

1792  Death of Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710) on May - 12.  

1796  Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on May - 12.  

1801  Death of Nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734) on this day in history.  

1811  On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52  

1814  On May - 12 robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83  

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

1843  Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history death of friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795)  

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

1876  On May - 12 henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63  

1884  On May - 12 bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60  

1896  On this day in history juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38  

1897  On this day in history ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53  

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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)  

1496  On May - 12 birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)  

1590  On May - 12 birth of cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621)  

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

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)  

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized  

1670  On this day in history birth of august II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children)  

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)