Famous Deaths In December - 05

0749  On this day in history death of saint John of Damascus, theologian   

1082  On this day in history death of ramon Berenguer II, Count of Barcelona   

1212  Derek II of Are, Bishop of Utrecht (1197-1212), dies on December - 05.   

1244  On this day in history johanna of Constantinople, countess of Flanders (1205-44), dies   

1355  On December - 05 jan III, duke of Brabant/Limburg, dies   

1560  On this day in history francois II, King of France (1559-60), dies at 16   

1570  Death of Johan Friis, Danish statesman (b. 1494) on this day in history.   

1594  Gerardus Mercator, Flemish philosopher/cartographer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1624  Death of Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist (b. 1560) on December - 05.   

1654  On this day in history death of jean François Sarrazin, French writer   

1663  On this day in history severo Bonini, composer, dies at 80   

1675  On this day in history john Lightfoot, English theologist (Horae Hebraicae), dies at 73   

1745  Christoph Forster, composer, dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1749  On this day in history death of pierre Gaultier de Varennes et de la Vérendrye, New French explorer and trader (b. 1685)   

1758  Johann Friedrich Fasch, composer, dies at 70 on December - 05.   

1770  On December - 05 james Stirling, Scot mathematician (Formula of Stirling), dies at 78   

1784  On this day in history phillis Wheatley, 1st important black poet in America, dies in Boston   

1791  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, composer, dies in Vienna Austria at 35 on this day in history.   

1799  On December - 05 robert Kimmerling, composer, dies at 61   

1818  On this day in history bruno Daalberg/Anonymus Belga, sect of High Council Adel, dies at 60   

1819  Death of Friedrich Leopold Graf zu Stolberg, German poet (b. 1750) on this day in history.   

1835  On December - 05 august v Platen, writer, dies at 39   

1842  On this day in history mJ Auguste Vestrius, French ballet dancers, dies at 82   

1853  On this day in history johann Peter Heuschkel, composer, dies at 80   

1859  Louis Poinsot, French mathematician/instrument maker, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1870  A Dumas Da, writer, dies at 68 on December - 05.   

1886  On this day in history peter Hofstede de Groot, Dutch reformed theologist, dies at 84   

1887  On this day in history death of eliza Roxcy Snow, American poet (b. 1804)   

1891  On December - 05 jKLSBFXvPSMGRG Pedro II of Alcantara, emp of Brazil (1831-89), dies   

1895  Death of Chief Gall, Sioux chief (b. 1840) on December - 05.   

1902  Henry Stephen Cutler, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

1916  Hans Richter, composer, dies at 73 on December - 05.   

1922  On December - 05 samuel Muller Fzn, Dutch historian/archivist, dies   

1925  On this day in history wilhelmina E Drucker, [Lensing], Dutch feminist, dies at 78   

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1377  Jianwen Emperor of China (d. 1402) was born on this day in history.   

1443  Pope Julius II (d. 1513) was born on this day in history.   

1495  On this day in history birth of nicolas Cleynaerts, Flemish grammarian (d. 1542)   

1537  On this day in history birth of ashikaga Yoshiaki, Japanese shogun (d. 1597)   

1539  On this day in history birth of fausto Paolo Sozzini, Italian theologian (d. 1604)   

1545  On this day in history birth of janus Dousa, [Johan van de Does], Dutch politician/poet   

1547  On this day in history birth of ubbo Emmius, [van Embden], Dutch-Frisian humanist/historian   

1661  On December - 05 birth of robert Haley, earl of Oxford/English premier (Whig, 1710-14)