Famous Deaths In April - 12

0065  On this day in history death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist   

0238  On this day in history death of gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle)   

0352  Julius I, pope (337-52), dies on April - 12.   

0434  On April - 12 death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople   

1125  Death of Vladislaus I of Bohemia on April - 12.   

1443  On April - 12 death of henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury   

1550  Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history.   

1555  On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75   

1605  On this day in history boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies   

1675  Death of Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) on this day in history.   

1687  On this day in history death of ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer   

1690  Miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.   

1704  On April - 12 john Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76   

1748  On April - 12 william Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies   

1760  Baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.   

1782  On April - 12 death of metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698)   

1788  Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.   

1795  Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on April - 12.   

1797  Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on April - 12.   

1814  Death of Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

1817  Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on April - 12.   

1828  Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 on April - 12.   

1845  On April - 12 henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65   

1850  On April - 12 death of adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788)   

1859  On this day in history john Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84   

1864  Thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 on April - 12.   

1872  Death of Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) on this day in history.   

1878  William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies on this day in history.   

1896  Alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1898  Death of Elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) on April - 12.   

1902  Death of Marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) on this day in history.   

1909  On April - 12 hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79   

1910  On April - 12 william G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69   

1912  On April - 12 clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90   

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0812  On April - 12 birth of muhammad at-Taqi, Muslim Shia Imam (d. 835)   

1484  On April - 12 birth of antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Italian architect (d. 1546)   

1500  On this day in history birth of joachim Camerarius, [Liebhard Kammerer], German humanist   

1526  Muretus, French humanist (d. 1585) was born on this day in history.   

1550  On April - 12 birth of edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, English politician (d. 1604)   

1577  On April - 12 birth of christian IV of Denmark (d. 1648)   

1579  On April - 12 birth of francois de Bassompierre, marshal of France   

1626  On this day in history birth of paul Hainlein, composer