Famous Deaths In November - 12

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

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

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

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

1434  On November - 12 death of king Louis III of Naples  

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on November - 12.  

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on this day in history.  

1567  Anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74 on November - 12.  

1595  On this day in history john Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63  

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

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1606  Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79 on November - 12.  

1667  On this day in history death of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)  

1671  On this day in history thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59  

1722  On November - 12 adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63  

1739  On this day in history ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71  

1742  On November - 12 death of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)  

1754  On this day in history jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58  

1757  Death of Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671) on this day in history.  

1802  On November - 12 charles van Poucke, Flemish sculptor, dies at 62  

1823  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 on November - 12.  

1836  Death of Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773) on November - 12.  

1852  Georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22 on this day in history.  

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

1869  On this day in history gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies  

1893  Alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1896  Spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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

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

1921  On this day in history fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63  

1925  On November - 12 roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65  

1937  Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies on this day in history.  

1939  On this day in history (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 November - 12.  

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1493  On this day in history birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)  

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 this day in history.  

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

1615  On this day in history birth of richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691)  

1651  Juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno) was born on November - 12.  

1676  Giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer was born on this day in history.  

1729  Louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811) was born on November - 12.