Famous Deaths Happened In December - 07
Sunday, 04 January 2026
0043 On this day in history death of cicero, Roman politician and author (b. 106 BC) 

0283 On this day in history death of pope Eutychian 

0983 On this day in history otto II the Red, German king/emperor (973-83), dies at about 28 

1254 Innocent IV, [Sinibaldo dei Fieschi], Pope (1243-54), dies on December - 07. 

1279 Death of King Boleslaus V of Poland (b. 1226) on December - 07. 

1295 Death of Gilbert de Clare, 7th Earl of Hertford, English politician (b. 1243) on this day in history. 

1383 Wenceslaus, duke of Brabant, dies on December - 07. 

1498 Death of Alexander Hegius von Heek, German humanist on this day in history. 

1649 On December - 07 death of charles Garnier, French Jesuit missionary (b. 1606) 

1672 On this day in history death of richard Bellingham, English-born Massachusetts colonial magistrate (b. 1592) 

1683 On December - 07 death of john Oldham, English poet (smallpox) (b. 1653) 

1723 Death of Jan Santini Aichel, Bohemian architect (b. 1677) on this day in history. 

1725 On this day in history death of florent Carton Dancourt, French dramatist and actor (b. 1661) 

1775 Death of Charles Saunders, British admiral on this day in history. 

1793 On December - 07 death of joseph Bara, French revolutionary (b. 1780) 

1811 Ignaz Spangler, composer, dies at 54 on this day in history. 

1815 Death of Michel Ney, French marshal (Waterloo), murdered at 46 on this day in history. 

1817 William Bligh, British naval officer of "Bounty" fame, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1823 On December - 07 johann Gottlieb Schwencke, composer, dies at 79 

1826 On this day in history john Flaxman, Engl sculptor (tombs at St Paul's Cathedral), dies at 71 

1829 Johann Christoph Kienlen, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1834 On this day in history ludwig Schuncke, composer, dies at 23 

1839 On December - 07 jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer, dies at 69 

1841 On December - 07 johann Daniel Ferstenberg, composer, dies at 83 

1842 On this day in history death of thomas Hamilton, Scottish writer (b. 1789) 

1860 Constantine S Aksakov, Russian historian/poet, dies at 43 on December - 07. 

1862 Sylvester Churchill, US Union brig-general, dies on December - 07. 

1867 On December - 07 rudolf Viole, composer, dies at 42 

1874 Death of Constantin von Tischendorf, German biblical scholar (b. 1815) on December - 07. 

1881 Julius FA Bahnsen, Ger philosopher (Tragic as Weltgesetz), dies at 51 on December - 07. 

1894 On this day in history ferdinand de Lesseps, French engineer/diplomat/earl, dies at 89 

1899 On December - 07 antoni Katski, composer, dies at 82 

1902 Thomas Nast, political cartoonist, dies on this day in history. 

1906 On December - 07 death of Élie Ducommun, Swiss journalist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1833) 

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