Famous Deaths In May - 12
Monday, 11 December 2023
0912 Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on this day in history.
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 May - 12 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 this day in history.
1641 Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.
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 May - 12 death of lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626)
1708 On May - 12 death of adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
1737 On May - 12 cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
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 Death of Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710) on this day in history.
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 On this day in history death of nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734)
1811 On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
1814 Robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83 on May - 12.
1825 On May - 12 elias Mann, composer, dies at 75
1843 On this day in history johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74
1845 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1852 John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies on May - 12.
1856 On May - 12 death of jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786)
1860 On May - 12 death of charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795)
1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1864 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37 on May - 12.
1867 On May - 12 death of friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795)
1871 On May - 12 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 May - 12.
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