Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  Death of Saint John of Damascus, theologian on December - 05.   

1082  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  On this day in history derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on December - 05.   

1355  Jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies on December - 05.   

1560  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16   

1570  On this day in history death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1624  Death of Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) on December - 05.   

1654  On this day in history death of jean François Sarrazin, French writer   

1663  Severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1675  On December - 05 john Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73   

1745  On December - 05 christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52   

1749  On this day in history death of pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685)   

1758  On this day in history johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70   

1770  On this day in history james Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78   

1784  Phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston on December - 05.   

1791  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35 on this day in history.   

1799  On this day in history robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61   

1818  On December - 05 bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60   

1819  On December - 05 death of friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750)   

1835  On this day in history august v Platen, writer, dies at 39   

1842  On this day in history mJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82   

1853  On this day in history johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80   

1859  On December - 05 louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82   

1870  On this day in history a Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68   

1886  On December - 05 peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84   

1887  Death of Eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804) on this day in history.   

1891  JKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies on this day in history.   

1895  On December - 05 death of chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840)   

1902  Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1916  On this day in history hans Richter, composer, dies at 73   

1922  Samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies on December - 05.   

1925  Wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.   

1443  On December - 05 birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  Ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597) was born on December - 05.   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  Robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14) was born on December - 05.