Famous Deaths In November - 12

0607  Boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies on this day in history.  

1035  On November - 12 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  On November - 12 knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39  

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

1555  On this day in history stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65  

1558  On this day in history shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies  

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1595  John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1600  On this day in history andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42  

1606  On this day in history matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79  

1667  Death of Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598) on this day in history.  

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

1722  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63 on November - 12.  

1739  On November - 12 ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71  

1742  Death of Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on this day in history.  

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  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 on November - 12.  

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

1852  Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22 on November - 12.  

1865  On this day in history death of elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810)  

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

1893  Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80 on November - 12.  

1896  Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84 on November - 12.  

1912  Death of Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58 on this day in history.  

1916  On this day in history death of percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. 1855)  

1921  Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63 on November - 12.  

1925  On this day in history roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65  

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

1939  (Ernest YY) Oscar Tourniaire, actor (Bluejackets), dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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

1941  Death of Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed on November - 12.  

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1493  Bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560) was born on November - 12.  

1528  On this day in history 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 November - 12.  

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

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on November - 12.  

1729  On this day in history birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)