Famous Deaths In October - 12

0632  On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda  

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

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 this day in history.  

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1590  On October - 12 death of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)  

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  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  On this day in history death of frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle  

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

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

1685  On October - 12 geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59  

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  On October - 12 frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies  

1758  Death of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680) on this day in history.  

1791  A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on October - 12.  

1794  On this day in history james Lyon, composer, dies at 59  

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

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

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  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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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 this day in history.  

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

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 October - 12.  

1558  Jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651) was born on this day in history.  

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)