Famous Deaths In November - 12

0607  On this day in history boniface III, Italian Pope (607), dies  

1035  Canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41 on November - 12.  

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  Death of King Louis III of Naples on November - 12.  

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 November - 12.  

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

1595  John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63 on November - 12.  

1600  Andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42 on this day in history.  

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1606  On November - 12 matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79  

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  Adriaen van der Werff, Dutch painter/engraver/architect, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1836  On this day in history 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 November - 12.  

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  On November - 12 spyridon Xyndas, composer, dies at 84  

1912  On this day in history 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 November - 12 fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63  

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

1937  On this day in history harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies  

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

1940  On this day in history alejandro Garcia Caturla, composer, dies at 34  

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 November - 12.  

1528  Qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588) was born on this day in history.  

1547  On November - 12 birth of claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575)  

1606  Jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673) was born on November - 12.  

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

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.