Famous Deaths In October - 12

0632  Death of Edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda on October - 12.   

0638  Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12.   

0642  On October - 12 johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies   

1093  On this day in history robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62   

1095  On October - 12 death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050)   

1176  Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on October - 12.   

1320  On this day in history michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies   

1343  On October - 12 reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies   

1491  Death of Fritz Herlen, German artist on October - 12.   

1492  Death of Piero della Francesca, Italian painter on this day in history.   

1565  Death of Jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) on October - 12.   

1576  On October - 12 maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies   

1590  Death of Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) on this day in history.   

1600  On October - 12 death of luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535)   

1632  On this day in history death of kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549)   

1646  On October - 12 francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies   

1654  Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

1672  On October - 12 death of frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle   

1678  On October - 12 death of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621)   

1679  On this day in history death of william Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617)   

1685  Geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1692  Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on October - 12.   

1694  On October - 12 matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies   

1730  On this day in history frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies   

1758  On October - 12 death of richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680)   

1791  A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1794  On October - 12 james Lyon, composer, dies at 59   

1797  On October - 12 pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84   

1817  On October - 12 johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66   

1820  Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36 on this day in history.   

1829  On this day in history jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73   

1837  Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on this day in history.   

1844  On this day in history claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies   

1845  On this day in history death of elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780)   

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1008  Emperor Go-Ichijō of Japan (d. 1036) was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dimitri "Donskoi" Ivanovitch, great monarch of Vladimir-Soezdal was born on October - 12.   

1350  Dmitry Donskoy, Grand Prince of Moscovy (d. 1389) was born on this day in history.   

1490  Bernardo Pisano, composer was born on October - 12.   

1537  On this day in history birth of edward VI, Tudor, King of England (1547-53)   

1558  On this day in history birth of archduke Maximilian III of Austria (d. 1618)   

1558  On October - 12 birth of jacques Sirmond, French scholar and Jesuit (d. 1651)   

1576  On this day in history birth of thomas Dudley, English-born American colonial magistrate (d. 1653)