Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies on this day in history.   

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

1204  On December - 12 maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69   

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on this day in history.   

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

1574  On this day in history death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)   

1586  On December - 12 death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)   

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

1677  On this day in history jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle   

1685  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on this day in history.   

1751  On December - 12 death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)   

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on this day in history.   

1766  On this day in history death of johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)   

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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 December - 12.   

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67   

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 this day in history willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72   

1877  On December - 12 jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48   

1880  Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1889  On December - 12 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 December - 12 luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91   

1913  On December - 12 death of emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)   

1914  On this day in history death of watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La   

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

1921  On December - 12 henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies   

1923  Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 on December - 12.   

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1298  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on December - 12.   

1418  Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) was born on December - 12.   

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)   

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on December - 12.   

1610  On this day in history birth of saint Vasilije (d. 1671)   

1630  Olof Rudbeck, composer was born on December - 12.   

1659  On December - 12 birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)