Famous Deaths Happened In May - 12

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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1401  On May - 12 birth of emperor Shōkō (d. 1428)   

1496  On this day in history birth of gustav I of Sweden (d. 1560)   

1590  Cosimo II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (d. 1621) was born on this day in history.   

1622  On this day in history birth of louis de Buade de Frontenac, Governor General of New France (d. 1698)   

1626  On this day in history birth of louis Hennepin, Flemish missionary (d. 1705)   

1662  On May - 12 birth of jan F van Bloom, [Orizonte] Flemish painter, baptized   

1670  August II, the Strong One, King of Poland (355 children) was born on May - 12.   

1670  On May - 12 birth of frederick Augustus I of Poland (d. 1733)