Famous Deaths In October - 12

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on October - 12.  

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on this day in history.  

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.  

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12.  

1095  On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)  

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on this day in history.  

1320  On October - 12 michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies  

1343  On October - 12 reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies  

1491  Death of Fritz Herlen, German artist on October - 12.  

1492  On this day in history death of piero della Francesca, Italian painter  

1565  On October - 12 death of jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)  

1576  Maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies on October - 12.  

1590  On this day in history death of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)  

1600  Death of Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535) on October - 12.  

1632  On October - 12 death of kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)  

1646  On October - 12 francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies  

1654  On this day in history dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66  

1672  On October - 12 death of frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle  

1678  On this day in history death of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)  

1679  On this day in history death of william Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)  

1685  On October - 12 geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59  

1692  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history.  

1694  Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies on this day in history.  

1730  Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies on this day in history.  

1758  Death of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680) on October - 12.  

1791  A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on October - 12.  

1794  On this day in history james Lyon, composer, dies at 59  

1797  Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on October - 12.  

1817  On this day in history johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66  

1820  On October - 12 elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36  

1829  On this day in history jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73  

1837  Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1844  On October - 12 claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies  

1845  Death of Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780) on this day in history.  

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1008  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036)  

1350  On this day in history birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal  

1350  On October - 12 birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)  

1490  On October - 12 birth of bernardo Pisano, composer  

1537  Edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53) was born on October - 12.  

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.  

1558  On this day in history birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)  

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)