Famous Deaths In December - 12

0884  Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies on December - 12.   

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

1204  On this day in history maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69   

1212  Death of Geoffrey, Archbishop of York on this day in history.   

1263  On this day in history hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies   

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on December - 12.   

1586  On December - 12 death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)   

1600  On this day in history john Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies   

1677  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on December - 12.   

1685  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on December - 12.   

1751  On December - 12 death of henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, English statesman and philosopher (b. 1678)   

1754  Death of Wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701) on this day in history.   

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

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on December - 12.   

1777  On December - 12 albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69   

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

1789  On December - 12 death of john Ponsonby, Irish politician (b. 1713)   

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

1812  John Malchair, composer, dies at 82 on December - 12.   

1817  Death of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) on this day in history.   

1836  On this day in history giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67   

1843  On this day in history willem I Frederik, King of Netherlands (1814-40), dies at 71   

1858  On this day in history death of jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787)   

1872  On this day in history 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 December - 12.   

1880  On December - 12 michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83   

1889  On December - 12 robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77   

1894  On December - 12 death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)   

1912  On December - 12 luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91   

1913  On this day in history death of emperor Menelek II of Ethiopia (b. 1844)   

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 December - 12.   

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  Albert II of Austria (d. 1358) was born on December - 12.   

1418  On this day in history birth of albert VI of Austria (d. 1463)   

1574  Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II was born on December - 12.   

1574  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on December - 12.   

1579  On this day in history birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

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

1630  On December - 12 birth of olof Rudbeck, composer   

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