Famous Deaths In November - 12

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on November - 12.  

1035  On this day in history canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41  

1094  On November - 12 death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)  

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on this day in history.  

1434  On this day in history death of king Louis III of Naples  

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.  

1558  On November - 12 shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies  

1567  On November - 12 anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74  

1595  On November - 12 john Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63  

1600  Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42 on November - 12.  

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1606  Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1667  Death of Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598) on November - 12.  

1671  Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59 on November - 12.  

1722  On this day in history adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63  

1739  Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1742  On this day in history death of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)  

1754  Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58 on November - 12.  

1757  On this day in history death of colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)  

1802  Charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1823  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75  

1836  On November - 12 death of juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)  

1852  On this day in history georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22  

1865  Death of Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810) on this day in history.  

1869  On November - 12 gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies  

1893  On November - 12 alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80  

1896  On this day in history spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84  

1912  On November - 12 death of jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58  

1916  Death of Percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. 1855) on November - 12.  

1921  Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1925  Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65 on November - 12.  

1937  On November - 12 harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies  

1939  On November - 12 (Ernest YY) Oscar Tourniaire, actor (Bluejackets), dies at 59  

1940  Alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34 on November - 12.  

1941  Death of Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed on this day in history.  

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1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on this day in history.  

1528  On November - 12 birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)  

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on November - 12.  

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on this day in history.  

1615  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

1651  On this day in history birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)  

1676  On November - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer  

1729  On November - 12 birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)