Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12

0689  On January - 12 benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

1167  On January - 12 aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

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  On January - 12 maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies   

1537  On January - 12 lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies   

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1674  Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68 on January - 12.   

1700  On this day in history death of marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)   

1705  Death of Luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634) on January - 12.   

1732  On this day in history death of john Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)   

1735  On this day in history death of john Eccles, English composer (b. 1668)   

1759  Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 on January - 12.   

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  On January - 12 death of richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)   

1807  Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history death of william Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)   

1839  On this day in history joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70   

1851  Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1856  Death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) on January - 12.   

1860  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1867  On January - 12 victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74   

1897  On January - 12 death of isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813)   

1899  On this day in history death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

1909  Death of Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1921  Death of Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866) on this day in history.   

1925  Oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1926  Death of Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

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

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1483  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  Henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538) was born on this day in history.   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

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

1577  On January - 12 birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on this day in history.   

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