Famous Deaths Happened In April - 12
Friday, 02 January 2026
0065 On this day in history death of seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher, statesman and dramatist 

0238 Death of Gordian II, heir to the Roman Empire (killed in battle) on April - 12. 

0352 On April - 12 julius I, pope (337-52), dies 

0434 On this day in history death of archbishop Maximianus of Constantinople 

1125 On April - 12 death of vladislaus I of Bohemia 

1443 Death of Henry Chichele, Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history. 

1550 Claude of Lorraine, duke of Guise, dies at 53 on this day in history. 

1555 On April - 12 johanna de Wanzinnige, Queen of Castilie (1504-20), dies at 75 

1605 Boris Godunov, Tsar of Russia (1598-1605), dies on this day in history. 

1675 Death of Richard Bennett, British Colonial Governor of Virginia (b. 1609) on April - 12. 

1687 Death of Ambrose Dixon, Virginia Colony pioneer on this day in history. 

1690 On this day in history miguel Gomez Camargo, composer, dies at 71 

1704 John Hudde, 21x mayor of Amsterdam, dies at 76 on April - 12. 

1748 William Kent, English sculptor/architect (Kensington Palace), dies on April - 12. 

1760 On April - 12 baron Ernst Gottlieb, composer, dies at 64 

1782 On April - 12 death of metastasio, Italian poet and librettist (b. 1698) 

1788 Carl Joseph Toeschi, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history. 

1795 Rainieri de Calzabigi, Italian literary, dies at 80 on this day in history. 

1797 Josef Antonin Stepan, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history. 

1814 Death of Charles Burney, English music historian (b. 1726) on this day in history. 

1817 Charles Messier, "comet ferret" & catalogs famous "M objects,", dies on this day in history. 

1828 Jean Henri Appelius, Dutch lawyer/minister of Finance, dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1845 Henry M baron the Kock, officer/politician, dies at 65 on April - 12. 

1850 On this day in history death of adoniram Judson, American Baptist missionary (b. 1788) 

1859 John Emde, German evangelist, dies at about 84 on April - 12. 

1864 On April - 12 thomas Green, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 50 

1872 Death of Nikolaos Mantzaros, Greek composer (b. 1795) on this day in history. 

1878 William M "Boss" Tweed, NY politician, dies on this day in history. 

1896 On this day in history alexander Ritter, composer, dies at 62 

1898 On this day in history death of elzéar-Alexandre Taschereau, Roman catholic archbishop of Quebec (b. 1820) 

1902 On this day in history death of marie Alfred Cornu, French physicist (b. 1842) 

1909 On April - 12 hermann Kotzchmar, composer, dies at 79 

1910 William G Sumner, US sociologist/politicologist (Folkways), dies at 69 on this day in history. 

1912 Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 on this day in history. 

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