Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  On this day in history carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies   

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on this day in history.   

1204  On this day in history maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69   

1212  On this day in history death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York   

1263  Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 12 death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)   

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on this day in history.   

1600  On this day in history john Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies   

1677  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on December - 12.   

1685  On December - 12 death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)   

1751  Death of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678) on December - 12.   

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on December - 12.   

1766  On December - 12 death of johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)   

1772  On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

1777  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on December - 12.   

1788  Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1789  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on December - 12.   

1812  On December - 12 john Malchair, composer, dies at 82   

1817  On December - 12 death of emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)   

1836  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 on December - 12.   

1843  On December - 12 willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71   

1858  On this day in history death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)   

1872  On December - 12 willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72   

1877  On this day in history jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48   

1880  Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 on December - 12.   

1889  On this day in history robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77   

1894  Death of Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) on December - 12.   

1912  On this day in history luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91   

1913  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on this day in history.   

1914  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on December - 12.   

1920  On December - 12 olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75   

1921  Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies on this day in history.   

1923  Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 on this day in history.   

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1298  On this day in history birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)   

1418  On December - 12 birth of albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)   

1574  On this day in history birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

1574  On this day in history birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)   

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on this day in history.   

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born on December - 12.   

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on this day in history.   

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on December - 12.