Famous Deaths Happened In May - 12
Tuesday, 25 March 2025
0912 Leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45 on May - 12.
1003 On May - 12 gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome
1012 On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
1382 On this day in history johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
1465 Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on May - 12.
1634 On May - 12 george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies
1641 Death of Thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48 on May - 12.
1649 On this day in history death of isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered
1684 Death of Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest on May - 12.
1699 Death of Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) on this day in history.
1708 On May - 12 death of adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
1737 On this day in history cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
1748 Death of Thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692) on May - 12.
1759 Death of Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700) on this day in history.
1784 On May - 12 death of abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710)
1792 Death of Charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710) on this day in history.
1796 On May - 12 johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75
1801 On May - 12 death of nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734)
1811 On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
1814 On this day in history robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
1825 Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1843 Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1845 August Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77 on May - 12.
1852 On this day in history john Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
1856 Death of Jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786) on May - 12.
1860 On this day in history death of charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795)
1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1864 On May - 12 abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37
1867 On May - 12 death of friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795)
1871 On this day in history daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89
1876 On May - 12 henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63
1884 On this day in history bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60
1896 Juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38 on this day in history.
1897 Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53 on this day in history.
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