Famous Deaths Happened In November - 12
Sunday, 01 February 2026
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 this day in history 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 November - 12 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 On November - 12 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 

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

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 this day in history. 

1739 Ludwig Ernst, composer, dies at 71 on November - 12. 

1742 Death of Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660) on November - 12. 

1754 Jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58 on this day in history. 

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

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

1823 Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history. 

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

1852 On November - 12 georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22 

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

1869 Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies on this day in history. 

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

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 November - 12 death of percival Lowell, American amateur astronomer, founder of Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona (b. 1855) 

1921 On November - 12 fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63 

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

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

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

1940 On November - 12 alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34 

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

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