Famous Deaths Happened In December - 13

0838  Pippijn I, King of Aquitania, dies on this day in history.   

1048  Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74 on December - 13.   

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  Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69 on this day in history.   

1250  Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55 on December - 13.   

1404  Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74 on December - 13.   

1466  Death of Donatello, Florentine artist and sculptor (b. 1386) on this day in history.   

1516  On December - 13 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  On December - 13 niccolo Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies   

1565  On this day in history konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49   

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 December - 13 death of katarina Stenbock, Queen of Gustav I of Sweden (b. 1535)   

1622  Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50 on December - 13.   

1672  On December - 13 jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63   

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

1716  Death of Charles de La Fosse, French painter (b. 1640) on December - 13.   

1721  Death of Alexander Selkirk, Scottish sailor and castaway (b. 1676) on December - 13.   

1729  Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53 on December - 13.   

1738  Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59 on December - 13.   

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  Death of Pehr Wilhelm Wargentin, Swedish astronomer (b. 1717) on this day in history.   

1784  Death of Samuel Johnson, English writer and lexicographer (b. 1709) on December - 13.   

1793  Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63 on December - 13.   

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

1814  Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1835  On December - 13 death of john Storm, American Revolutionary soldier (b. 1760)   

1837  Death of Herman of Alaska, Russian Orthodox hermit (b. 1756) on this day in history.   

1862  On this day in history conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49   

1863  Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50 on this day in history.   

1868  On December - 13 death of carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius, German botanist (b. 1794)   

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1521  On this day in history 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 December - 13.   

1553  Henry IV, 1st Bourbon-king of Navarre/France (1572/89-1610) was born on December - 13.   

1585  On this day in history birth of william Drummond of Hawthornden, Scottish poet (d. 1649)   

1640  On this day in history birth of robert Plot, English naturalist (d. 1696)   

1662  On this day in history birth of francesco Bianchini, Italian philosopher and scientist (d. 1729)   

1678  Yongzheng Emperor of China (d. 1735) was born on December - 13.   

1720  On December - 13 birth of carlo Gozzi, Italian dramatist (d. 1804)