Famous Deaths In December - 13

0838  On this day in history pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies   

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1124  Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies on December - 13.   

1126  Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies on December - 13.   

1204  On December - 13 maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69   

1250  On this day in history frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55   

1404  On this day in history albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74   

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on December - 13.   

1516  On this day in history death of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (b. 1462)   

1521  Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52 on this day in history.   

1557  Niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies on December - 13.   

1565  Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49 on December - 13.   

1574  Selam II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1603  Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63 on December - 13.   

1621  On this day in history death of katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)   

1622  On this day in history jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50   

1672  Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63 on December - 13.   

1693  Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history death of charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640)   

1721  On December - 13 death of alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676)   

1729  On this day in history anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53   

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.   

1769  C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54 on December - 13.   

1774  On this day in history susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50   

1783  On December - 13 death of pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717)   

1784  Death of Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709) on this day in history.   

1793  On December - 13 johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63   

1812  Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1814  On December - 13 charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79   

1835  Death of John Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760) on December - 13.   

1837  Death of Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756) on December - 13.   

1862  Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49 on this day in history.   

1863  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 on December - 13.   

1868  Death of Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794) on this day in history.   

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1521  On December - 13 birth of sixtus V, [Felice Peretti/"Montalto"], bishop of Fermo/Pope (1585-90)   

1533  Erik XIV Wasa, king of Sweden (1560-69) was born on this day in history.   

1553  On this day in history birth of henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610)   

1585  On December - 13 birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

1640  On December - 13 birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  Francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729) was born on December - 13.   

1678  On this day in history birth of yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735)   

1720  Carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804) was born on December - 13.