Famous Deaths In October - 12

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  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 this day in history michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies  

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on this day in history.  

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

1492  Death of Piero della Francesca, Italian painter on this day in history.  

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1565  On this day in history death of jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)  

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  On this day in history death of luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)  

1632  Death of Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

1646  On this day in history francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies  

1654  Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 on October - 12.  

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

1694  On October - 12 matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies  

1730  Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies on October - 12.  

1758  On this day in history death of richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)  

1791  A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.  

1794  James Lyon, composer, dies at 59 on October - 12.  

1797  On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84  

1817  On October - 12 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  Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73 on October - 12.  

1837  On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62  

1844  Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies on October - 12.  

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

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.  

1350  On October - 12 birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal  

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on October - 12.  

1490  On this day in history birth of bernardo Pisano, composer  

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)  

1558  On October - 12 birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)  

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on October - 12.  

1576  On October - 12 birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)