Famous Deaths Happened In December - 12

0884  Carloman, co-king of France (879, 882-884), dies on this day in history.   

1112  On December - 12 tancred, monarch of Galilea/Edessa/Antioch, dies   

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

1586  On December - 12 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  Jacob Binckes/Benckes, Dutch admiral (Chatham), dies in battle on this day in history.   

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

1766  Death of Johann Christoph Gottsched, German writer (b. 1700) on this day in history.   

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

1777  On this day in history albrecht von Haller, Swiss physician/biologist/author, dies at 69   

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  On December - 12 death of mikhail Shcherbatov, Russian philosopher and writer (b. 1733)   

1812  On December - 12 john Malchair, composer, dies at 82   

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

1836  Giuseppe Farinelli, composer, dies at 67 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history willem A Schimmelpenninck van der Oye, Dutch politician, dies at 72   

1877  On December - 12 jose M de Alencar, Brazilian writer/minister of Justice, dies at 48   

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

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

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  Death of Watkins Lewis, black man, lynched in Shrevport La on December - 12.   

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  Raymond Radiguet, French journalist/writer (Ball du Comte), dies at 20 on December - 12.   

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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  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  Heinrich Steuccius, composer was born on December - 12.   

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

1630  On December - 12 birth of olof Rudbeck, composer   

1659  Francesco Galli-Bibiena, Italian architect/designer (d. 1739) was born on this day in history.