Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12
Friday, 18 July 2025
0632 Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.
0638 Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12.
0642 On October - 12 johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies
1093 On October - 12 robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62
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 Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on this day in history.
1343 On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies
1491 Death of Fritz Herlen, German artist on this day in history.
1492 On October - 12 death of piero della Francesca, Italian painter
1565 Death of Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) on this day in history.
1576 On October - 12 maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies
1590 Death of Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) on October - 12.
1600 Death of Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535) on this day in history.
1632 On this day in history death of kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)
1646 Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies on this day in history.
1654 On October - 12 dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66
1672 On this day in history death of frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle
1678 Death of Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621) on October - 12.
1679 On October - 12 death of william Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)
1685 Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 on October - 12.
1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on October - 12.
1694 Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies on October - 12.
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 this day in history.
1791 A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.
1794 On October - 12 james Lyon, composer, dies at 59
1797 On October - 12 pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84
1817 On this day in history johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66
1820 Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36 on this day in history.
1829 Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73 on October - 12.
1837 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on October - 12.
1844 On this day in history claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies
1845 On this day in history death of elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780)
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