Famous Deaths In October - 12

0632  On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda   

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12.   

0642  Johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies on October - 12.   

1093  Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on this day in history.   

1095  On October - 12 death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  On October - 12 death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician   

1320  Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on this day in history.   

1343  Reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies on this day in history.   

1491  Death of Fritz Herlen, German artist on this day in history.   

1492  Death of Piero della Francesca, Italian painter on this day in history.   

1565  On this day in history death of jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520)   

1576  On this day in history maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies   

1590  On this day in history death of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543)   

1600  Death of Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535) on this day in history.   

1632  Death of Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549) on October - 12.   

1646  On October - 12 francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies   

1654  On this day in history dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66   

1672  Death of Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle on this day in history.   

1678  On October - 12 death of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)   

1679  Death of William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) on this day in history.   

1685  On October - 12 geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59   

1692  On this day in history giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60   

1694  Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies on October - 12.   

1730  Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies on this day in history.   

1758  Death of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680) on this day in history.   

1791  On October - 12 a L Karschin, writer, dies at 68   

1794  On October - 12 james Lyon, composer, dies at 59   

1797  Pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1817  On this day in history johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66   

1820  On October - 12 elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36   

1829  Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73 on October - 12.   

1837  On October - 12 frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62   

1844  On this day in history claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies   

1845  On October - 12 death of elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780)   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on this day in history.   

1350  On this day in history birth of dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal   

1350  On this day in history birth of dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389)   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.   

1537  On October - 12 birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  Archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618) was born on this day in history.   

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  Thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653) was born on October - 12.