Famous Deaths In November - 12

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

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

1094  Death of King Duncan II of Scotland (b. 1060) on November - 12.  

1202  On this day in history knut VI, king of the Denen/Turn (1182-1202), dies at about 39  

1434  On November - 12 death of king Louis III of Naples  

1555  Stephen Gardiner, English bishop of Winchester, dies at about 65 on November - 12.  

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 November - 12 andreas of Austrian, Land Guardian of Neth (1598-1600), dies at 42  

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1606  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1742  On this day in history death of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (b. 1660)  

1754  On November - 12 jacob de Wit, Amsterdam painter/decorater, dies at 58  

1757  On this day in history death of colley Cibber, English poet (b. 1671)  

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

1823  Emmanuel Aloys Forster, composer, dies at 75 on November - 12.  

1836  On this day in history death of juan Ramón Balcarce, Argentine military leader and politician (b. 1773)  

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

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  On November - 12 alexander Freiherr von Bach, premier of Austria (1852-59), dies at 80  

1896  On November - 12 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 November - 12.  

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

1925  Roman Statkowski, composer, dies at 65 on November - 12.  

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

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

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

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