Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

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

1112  On this day in history tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies   

1204  Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1212  On this day in history death of geoffrey, Archbishop of York   

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  On this day in history death of stefan Batory, King of Poland (b. 1533)   

1600  John Craig, Scottish church reformer/James VI's court vicar, dies on this day in history.   

1677  On this day in history jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle   

1685  On December - 12 death of john Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610)   

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

1754  On this day in history death of wu Jingzi, Chinese writer (b. 1701)   

1766  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on December - 12.   

1772  On December - 12 johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41   

1777  Albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69 on this day in history.   

1788  Joseph Gibbs, composer, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1817  Death of Emperor Tekle Giyorgis I of Ethiopia, (b. about 1751) on December - 12.   

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

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

1858  Death of Jacques Viger, antiquarian and archeologist, first mayor of Montreal (b. 1787) on December - 12.   

1872  Willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1877  Jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48 on December - 12.   

1880  On this day in history michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83   

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  Luitpold von Bayern, prince-regent of Bayern, dies at 91 on this day in history.   

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

1914  On this day in history 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  Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies on December - 12.   

1923  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1574  Anne van Denemarken, daughter of Danish King Frederik II was born on this day in history.   

1574  On December - 12 birth of anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619)   

1579  On December - 12 birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

1610  Saint Vasilije (d. 1671) was born on this day in history.   

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

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on December - 12.