Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  On this day in history carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies   

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

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

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

1263  On December - 12 hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies   

1574  On December - 12 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 December - 12 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  On December - 12 death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)   

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

1772  On December - 12 johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

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  On this day in history death of john Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713)   

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on December - 12.   

1812  On this day in history john Malchair, composer, dies at 82   

1817  Death of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) on December - 12.   

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  Death of Jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787) on this day in history.   

1872  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1877  On this day in history jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48   

1880  On this day in history michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83   

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  Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

1913  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on December - 12.   

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

1920  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)   

1418  Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) was born on this day in history.   

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

1574  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

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

1610  On December - 12 birth of saint Vasilije (d. 1671)   

1630  On this day in history birth of olof Rudbeck, composer   

1659  On this day in history birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)