Famous Deaths In December - 05

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

1082  Death of Ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona on this day in history.   

1212  On December - 05 derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies   

1244  Johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies on this day in history.   

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 December - 05 death of johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494)   

1594  On this day in history gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82   

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

1654  Death of Jean François Sarrazin, French writer on December - 05.   

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

1675  John Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73 on December - 05.   

1745  On this day in history christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52   

1749  On December - 05 death of pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685)   

1758  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70 on December - 05.   

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

1784  On this day in history phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston   

1791  On December - 05 wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35   

1799  On December - 05 robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61   

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

1819  Death of Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) on December - 05.   

1835  August v Platen, writer, dies at 39 on this day in history.   

1842  MJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1853  Johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80 on December - 05.   

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

1870  A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 on December - 05.   

1886  Peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84 on December - 05.   

1887  On this day in history death of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804)   

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  On December - 05 henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78   

1916  On December - 05 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  On December - 05 birth of jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402)   

1443  On this day in history birth of pope Julius II (d. 1513)   

1495  Nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542) was born on this day in history.   

1537  On December - 05 birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  Fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604) was born on December - 05.   

1545  On December - 05 birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  On December - 05 birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  On this day in history birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)