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  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on this day in history.  

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  On November - 12 stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65  

1558  Shalom Shakna ben Joseph, Rabbi (founder of 1st Polish Yeshiva), dies on November - 12.  

1567  On this day in history anne Pierre Adrien duke of Montmorency, marshal of France, dies at 74  

1595  John Hawkins, English navigator/treasurer of the Navy, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 this day in history death of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)  

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

1757  On November - 12 death of colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)  

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

1823  On this day in history emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75  

1836  Death of Juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773) on this day in history.  

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

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

1869  On November - 12 gheorghe Asachi, author/humanist (1st newspaper in Moldavia), dies  

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

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

1912  Death of Jose Canalejas bon Mendez, premier of Spain (1910-12), murdered at 58 on November - 12.  

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

1937  Harry Smith, England cricket wicket-keeper (v WI 1928), dies on November - 12.  

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

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 November - 12.  

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

1528  On November - 12 birth of qi Jiguang, Chinese general (d. 1588)  

1547  Claude of Valois, French princess (d. 1575) was born on November - 12.  

1606  On November - 12 birth of jeanne Mance, French Canadian settler (d. 1673)  

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

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

1676  On November - 12 birth of giovanni Antonio Pollarolo, composer  

1729  On this day in history birth of louis Antoine de Bougainville, French explorer (d. 1811)