Famous Deaths In January - 12

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on this day in history.   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  Aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56 on January - 12.   

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  On this day in history peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.   

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.   

1674  Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1700  Death of Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620) on this day in history.   

1705  On this day in history death of luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)   

1732  Death of John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685) on January - 12.   

1735  On January - 12 death of john Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)   

1759  Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1765  On January - 12 johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68   

1777  On this day in history death of hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726)   

1781  Death of Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) on this day in history.   

1807  On January - 12 adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71   

1817  Death of Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) on January - 12.   

1829  On January - 12 friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56   

1833  Death of Marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784) on January - 12.   

1834  On January - 12 death of william Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)   

1839  On January - 12 joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70   

1851  On this day in history johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72   

1856  On this day in history death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

1860  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63 on January - 12.   

1867  Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1897  Death of Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1899  Death of Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) on January - 12.   

1909  Death of Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) on January - 12.   

1921  On January - 12 death of gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)   

1925  On January - 12 oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85   

1926  On this day in history death of sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864)   

1928  On this day in history death of ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair   

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1483  Hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland was born on January - 12.   

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  On January - 12 birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  Charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy was born on this day in history.   

1576  On January - 12 birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  On January - 12 birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)