Famous Deaths In October - 12

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on this day in history.  

0638  On this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies  

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

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62  

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

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

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

1492  On October - 12 death of piero della Francesca, Italian painter  

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1565  Death of Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) on this day in history.  

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

1590  Death of Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) on this day in history.  

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

1632  On this day in history death of kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)  

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

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

1679  Death of William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) on October - 12.  

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

1692  On October - 12 giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60  

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

1730  On October - 12 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 October - 12.  

1797  Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

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 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  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  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.  

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

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on this day in history.  

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)  

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

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)  

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