Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12
Friday, 21 February 2025
0689 Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.
1049 On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81
1167 On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56
1321 On this day in history death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)
1390 On January - 12 peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67
1519 Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on January - 12.
1537 Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on this day in history.
1665 Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on January - 12.
1674 On January - 12 giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68
1700 On January - 12 death of marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)
1705 On January - 12 death of luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)
1732 On January - 12 death of john Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)
1735 Death of John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) on this day in history.
1759 Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 on January - 12.
1765 Johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68 on January - 12.
1777 Death of Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) on this day in history.
1781 On this day in history death of richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691)
1807 On January - 12 adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71
1817 On this day in history death of juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740)
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 this day in history.
1834 Death of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759) on this day in history.
1839 Joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70 on this day in history.
1851 On this day in history johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72
1856 On this day in history death of ĽudovÃt 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 this day in history.
1921 Death of Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866) on January - 12.
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 Death of Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair on this day in history.
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