Famous Deaths In May - 12

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

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

1012  Sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies  

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

1649  On May - 12 death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered  

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

1699  Death of Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) on May - 12.  

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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 this day in history death of thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)  

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

1784  On this day in history death of abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710)  

1792  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1811  Louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.  

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

1825  Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1896  Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.  

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

1590  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1662  Jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized was born on this day in history.  

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

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