Famous Deaths Happened 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  Maimonides, [Moses Ben Maimon], Span/Egyptian rabbi, dies at 69 on December - 12.   

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

1263  Hakon IV, Gamli, King of Norway (1217-63), dies on December - 12.   

1574  Death of Selim II, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1524) on this day in history.   

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  Death of John Pell, English mathematician (b. 1610) on this day in history.   

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  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

1772  Johann Gottfried Seyfert, composer, dies at 41 on this day in history.   

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

1788  On this day in history 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 December - 12.   

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  On December - 12 giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67   

1843  On December - 12 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  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  On this day in history michel Chasles, French mathematician (geometry), dies at 83   

1889  On this day in history robert Browning, English poet (Ring & Book), dies at 77   

1894  On this day in history death of sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1845)   

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  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on this day in history.   

1920  Olive Schreiner, South Afr writer (Healing Imagination), dies at 75 on December - 12.   

1921  Henrietta Leavitt, cepheid period-luminosity relation discover, dies on this day in history.   

1923  On this day in history raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20   

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1298  On this day in history birth of albert II of Austria (d. 1358)   

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 this day in history.   

1574  Anne of Denmark, queen consort of James I of England (d. 1619) was born on this day in history.   

1579  On December - 12 birth of heinrich Steuccius, composer   

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)