Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12

0689  On this day in history benedict Biscop, English saint, dies   

1049  On this day in history abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81   

1167  On this day in history aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

1321  On January - 12 death of maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256)   

1390  Peter van Herenthals, Dutch theologist/church historian, dies at 67 on January - 12.   

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on January - 12.   

1537  Lorenzo di Credi, Italian painter, dies on January - 12.   

1665  Pierre de Fermat, French mathematician (Fermat therorem), dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1674  Giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68 on January - 12.   

1700  Death of Marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620) on January - 12.   

1705  On this day in history death of luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)   

1732  On January - 12 death of john Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685)   

1735  Death of John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) on this day in history.   

1759  On this day in history anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49   

1765  Johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1777  Death of Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) on this day in history.   

1781  Death of Richard Challoner, English Catholic prelate (b. 1691) on this day in history.   

1807  Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71 on this day in history.   

1817  Death of Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) on January - 12.   

1829  On this day in history friedrich von Schlegel, German cultural philosopher/poet, dies at 56   

1833  On January - 12 death of marie-Antoine Carême, French chef (b. 1784)   

1834  On January - 12 death of william Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b. 1759)   

1839  On this day in history joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70   

1851  Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 on January - 12.   

1856  On this day in history death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815)   

1860  Martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63 on January - 12.   

1867  Victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1897  Death of Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) on this day in history.   

1899  On January - 12 death of hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)   

1909  On this day in history death of hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864)   

1921  Death of Gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866) on January - 12.   

1925  Oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85 on this day in history.   

1926  Death of Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1928  Death of Ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair on January - 12.   

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1483  On this day in history birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  On January - 12 birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  On this day in history birth of andreas Alicatus, Italian author   

1562  On January - 12 birth of charles Emanuel I, the great, Duke of Savoy   

1576  Peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian was born on January - 12.   

1577  Jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644) was born on January - 12.   

1580  On this day in history birth of jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp)   

1580  Lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600) was born on January - 12.