Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  On December - 12 carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies   

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on December - 12.   

1204  Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on December - 12.   

1263  On this day in history hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies   

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

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

1600  John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies on December - 12.   

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

1685  On this day in history death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)   

1751  On this day in history 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  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1788  Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on December - 12.   

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 this day in history john Malchair, composer, dies at 82   

1817  On this day in history death of emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)   

1836  On December - 12 giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67   

1843  On this day in history 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 December - 12 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  On this day in history death of emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)   

1914  On December - 12 death of watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La   

1920  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on December - 12.   

1921  On this day in history henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies   

1923  On December - 12 raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20   

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1298  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on this day in history.   

1418  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)   

1574  Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II was born on this day in history.   

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

1579  On this day in history birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

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

1630  On December - 12 birth of olof Rudbeck, composer   

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