Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12
Thursday, 12 February 2026
0632 On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda 

0638 Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12. 

0642 On this day in history johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies 

1093 On October - 12 robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 

1095 Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on this day in history. 

1176 Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on October - 12. 

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

1343 Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on October - 12. 

1491 On October - 12 death of fritz Herlen, German artist 

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

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 On October - 12 death of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) 

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

1632 Death of Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549) on October - 12. 

1646 On October - 12 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 Death of Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle on October - 12. 

1678 Death of Edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621) on October - 12. 

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

1685 Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 on this day in history. 

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

1694 On this day in history matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies 

1730 On this day in history frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies 

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

1791 On this day in history a L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 

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

1797 On October - 12 pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 

1817 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

1837 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on October - 12. 

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

1845 On October - 12 death of elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780) 

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