Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12
Friday, 31 October 2025
							0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on October - 12.  
 
 
 
						
							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 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 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  Death of Fritz Herlen, German artist on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1492  On this day in history 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  On October - 12 death of luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)  
 
 
 
						
							1632  Death of Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549) on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1646  Francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies on October - 12.  
 
 
 
						
							1654  On this day in history dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66  
 
 
 
						
							1672  On October - 12 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  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  On this day in history giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60  
 
 
 
						
							1694  Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1730  Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies on this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1758  On October - 12 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 this day in history.  
 
 
 
						
							1797  On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84  
 
 
 
						
							1817  On this day in history johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66  
 
 
 
						
							1820  On this day in history 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  Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on October - 12.  
 
 
 
						
							1844  On October - 12 claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies  
 
 
 
						
							1845  On October - 12 death of elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780)  
 
 
 
						
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