Famous Deaths In May - 12
Saturday, 07 September 2024
0912 On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
1003 On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
1012 On this day in history sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
1382 On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
1465 On May - 12 death of thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea
1634 On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies
1641 On this day in history death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
1649 On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
1684 Death of Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest on this day in history.
1699 Death of Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) on this day in history.
1708 Death of Adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658) on this day in history.
1737 Cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83 on May - 12.
1748 On May - 12 death of thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)
1759 Death of Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700) on this day in history.
1784 Death of Abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710) on May - 12.
1792 Death of Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710) on May - 12.
1796 On this day in history johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
1801 On May - 12 death of nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734)
1811 On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
1814 On this day in history robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
1825 On this day in history elias Mann, composer, dies at 75
1843 Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1845 On this day in history august Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
1852 John Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies on May - 12.
1856 On this day in history death of jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786)
1860 Death of Charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795) on May - 12.
1861 On this day in history christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50
1864 On this day in history abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
1867 On this day in history death of friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795)
1871 Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1876 On May - 12 henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
1884 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60 on May - 12.
1896 Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.
1897 Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53 on this day in history.
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