Famous Deaths In November - 12

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

1035  On this day in history 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  Death of King Louis III of Naples on November - 12.  

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on this day in history.  

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  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  

1606  Matthaus Ludecus, composer, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1667  On November - 12 death of hans Nansen, Danish statesman (b. 1598)  

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

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

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  On November - 12 death of colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)  

1802  On this day in history 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  On November - 12 georg Hellmesberger, composer, dies at 22  

1865  Death of Elizabeth Gaskell, English novelist (b. 1810) on November - 12.  

1869  Gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies on November - 12.  

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  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 November - 12.  

1921  Fernand Khnopff, Belgian painter/sculptor, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1925  On November - 12 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  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  On November - 12 birth of bartolomeo Bandinelli, Italian sculptor (d. 1560)  

1528  On November - 12 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  Richard Baxter, English clergyman (d. 1691) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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