Famous Deaths Happened In May - 12

0912  On May - 12 leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45   

1003  Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.   

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  Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.   

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

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

1649  Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on this day in history.   

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

1699  Death of Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) on this day in history.   

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

1737  On this day in history cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83   

1748  Death of Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692) on this day in history.   

1759  Death of Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

1784  Death of Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710) on this day in history.   

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  On May - 12 death of nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734)   

1811  Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 on May - 12.   

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

1825  Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on May - 12.   

1843  On May - 12 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  On this day in history christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50   

1864  Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37 on this day in history.   

1867  Death of Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795) on May - 12.   

1871  Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.   

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

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

1896  On May - 12 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 this day in history birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  Gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560) was born on May - 12.   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on May - 12.   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  Louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705) was born on May - 12.   

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

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  Frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733) was born on May - 12.