Famous Deaths In November - 12

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

1035  On November - 12 canute "The Great", King of the Danes (1016-1035), dies at 41  

1094  On this day in history death of king Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060)  

1202  Knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39 on November - 12.  

1434  On November - 12 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  On November - 12 anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74  

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

1600  On November - 12 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  Death of Hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598) on November - 12.  

1671  Thomas, 3rd baron Fairfax of Cameron, English general, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

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  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  Death of Colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671) on November - 12.  

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

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

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

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

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1925  Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

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

1941  On November - 12 death of abe "Kid Twist" Reles, NY gangster/police informer, killed  

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

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  On this day in history birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)  

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

1651  On November - 12 birth of juana Ines de La Cruz, Mexico, poet/nun/feminist (Primero Sueno)  

1676  On this day in history birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer  

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