Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  On this day in history carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies   

1112  Tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies on December - 12.   

1204  On December - 12 maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69   

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on December - 12.   

1263  On December - 12 hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies   

1574  On December - 12 death of selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524)   

1586  Death of Stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533) on this day in history.   

1600  John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies on December - 12.   

1677  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1685  On this day in history death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)   

1751  On this day in history death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)   

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on December - 12.   

1766  On December - 12 death of johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700)   

1772  On this day in history johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

1777  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on December - 12.   

1788  On December - 12 joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88   

1789  Death of John Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713) on December - 12.   

1790  Death of Mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733) on this day in history.   

1812  John Malchair, composer, dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1817  On December - 12 death of emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751)   

1836  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 on December - 12.   

1843  On December - 12 willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71   

1858  On December - 12 death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)   

1872  On December - 12 willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72   

1877  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 on this day in history.   

1880  Michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83 on December - 12.   

1889  Robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77 on December - 12.   

1894  Death of Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845) on this day in history.   

1912  On this day in history luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91   

1913  Death of Emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844) on December - 12.   

1914  On December - 12 death of watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La   

1920  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1921  On December - 12 henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies   

1923  On December - 12 raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20   

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1298  On December - 12 birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)   

1418  Albert VI of Austria (d. 1463) was born on this day in history.   

1574  On this day in history birth of anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II   

1574  On this day in history birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)   

1579  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on December - 12.   

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born on December - 12.   

1630  On this day in history birth of olof Rudbeck, composer   

1659  On this day in history birth of francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739)