Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  On December - 13 pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

1048  On this day in history al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74   

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on this day in history.   

1126  On December - 13 hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies   

1204  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on December - 13.   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on this day in history.   

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1466  On December - 13 death of donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386)   

1516  On this day in history death of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)   

1521  On this day in history manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52   

1557  Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies on this day in history.   

1565  Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49 on December - 13.   

1574  On December - 13 selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50   

1603  On December - 13 franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63   

1621  Death of Katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535) on December - 13.   

1622  On December - 13 jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50   

1672  Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on December - 13.   

1693  Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies on this day in history.   

1716  Death of Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) on December - 13.   

1721  Death of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676) on this day in history.   

1729  Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53 on December - 13.   

1738  On this day in history gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59   

1769  C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1774  On December - 13 susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

1783  On this day in history death of pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)   

1784  On this day in history death of samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709)   

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on December - 13.   

1812  On this day in history marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68   

1814  On December - 13 charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79   

1835  On December - 13 death of john Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)   

1837  Death of Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49   

1863  On December - 13 friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50   

1868  Death of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794) on December - 13.   

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1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)   

1533  On this day in history birth of erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69)   

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  William Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649) was born on this day in history.   

1640  On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.   

1678  On December - 13 birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)   

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)