Famous Deaths In December - 03

0450  On this day in history petrus Chrysologus, 1st archbishop of Ravenna, dies   

1137  On December - 03 lotharius III, of Supplinburg, Roman-Ger emperor (1133-37), dies at 67   

1154  Anastasius IV, Pope (1153-54), dies on this day in history.   

1265  Death of Odofredus, Italian jurist on December - 03.   

1463  Louis Chalon, prince of Orange, dies on December - 03.   

1469  On December - 03 piero de' Medici, ruler of Florence, dies at about 53   

1491  On this day in history thomas Basin, French historian/bishop of Lisieux, dies   

1533  On this day in history vasili III, great prince of Moscow (1505-33), dies at 54   

1552  On this day in history death of st Francis Xavier, Jesuit missionary to the East (b. 1506)   

1610  On this day in history death of honda Tadakatsu, Japanese general (b. 1548)   

1660  Jacques Sarazin, French sculptor/painter, dies at about 70 on December - 03.   

1676  On December - 03 death of daniel Stalpaert, Amsterdams master builder, buried   

1706  On this day in history death of emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German countess and hymn writer (b. 1637)   

1765  Death of Lord John Philip Sackville, British cricketer (b. 1713) on this day in history.   

1789  Claude-Joseph Vernet, French seascape painter, dies on this day in history.   

1807  Clara Reeve, English author (old English baron), dies on December - 03.   

1815  On this day in history death of john Carroll (priest), first Roman Catholic archbishop in the U.S. (b. 1735)   

1823  On this day in history joseph Pouteau, composer, dies at 84   

1839  On this day in history frederik VI, king of Denmark (1808-39)/Norway (1803-14), dies at 71   

1845  Death of Gregor MacGregor, Scottish con-man (b. 1786) on December - 03.   

1857  Christian D Rauch, German sculptor, dies at 80 on this day in history.   

1866  On this day in history johann Wenzel Kalliwoda, composer, dies at 65   

1876  On December - 03 hermann Goetz, composer, dies at 35   

1882  On this day in history death of archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury (b. 1811)   

1888  Death of Carl Zeiss, German lens maker (b. 1816) on this day in history.   

1889  Baltasar Saldoni, composer, dies at 82 on December - 03.   

1890  On December - 03 bill Midwinter, cricketer (8 Tests for Australia, 4 for England), dies   

1892  On December - 03 william Bonaparte, grandson of Lucien, dies   

1893  Allan Wilson, British/Rhodesian major, dies in battle on December - 03.   

1894  On this day in history hM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76   

1902  On December - 03 death of robert Lawson, New Zealand architect (b. 1833)   

1910  On this day in history mary Baker Eddy, founder (Christian Science (Monitor)), dies   

1912  On December - 03 death of prudente José de Morais Barros, President of Brazil (b. 1841)   

1919  Pierre A Renoir, French painter/sculptor, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, [the Well-Beloved], king of France (1380-1422)   

1483  Nicolaus von Amsdorf, German reformation theologist was born on this day in history.   

1560  Jan Gruter, Dutch critic (d. 1627) was born on December - 03.   

1576  Marsilio Casentini, composer was born on this day in history.   

1668  Casimir Schweizelsperg, composer was born on December - 03.   

1684  Ludvig Baron Holberg, founder (Danish & Norwegian literature) was born on this day in history.   

1729  Padre Antonio Francisco J Jose Soler, Olot Spain, composer (Fandango) was born on this day in history.   

1750  On December - 03 birth of johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer