Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12
Friday, 23 January 2026
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 this day in history. 

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

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

1095 Death of Margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) on October - 12. 

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 this day in history. 

1491 Death of Fritz Herlen, German artist on this day in history. 

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

1565 Death of Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) on October - 12. 

1576 Maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies on this day in history. 

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

1600 On this day in history death of luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535) 

1632 On October - 12 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 Death of Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle on October - 12. 

1678 On October - 12 death of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621) 

1679 Death of William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) on this day in history. 

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

1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on October - 12. 

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

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

1758 On October - 12 death of richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680) 

1791 On October - 12 a L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 

1794 James Lyon, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history. 

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

1817 Johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66 on October - 12. 

1820 On this day in history elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36 

1829 On October - 12 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 October - 12. 

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