Famous Deaths Happened In January - 12

0689  Benedict Biscop, English saint, dies on January - 12.   

1049  Abu Sa'id ibn Aboa al-Chair, Persian mystic, dies at 81 on this day in history.   

1167  On January - 12 aelred of Hexham/Rievaulx, English abbot/saint, dies at about 56   

1321  Death of Maria of Brabant, wife of Philip III of France (b. 1256) on this day in history.   

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

1519  Maximilian I of Hapsburg, German kaiser, dies on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history giacomo Carissimi, Italian bandmaster/composer (Jephta), dies at 68   

1700  On January - 12 death of marguerite Bourgeoys, saint (b. 1620)   

1705  On January - 12 death of luca Giordano, Italian artist (b. 1634)   

1732  Death of John Horsley, British archaeologist (b. 1685) on this day in history.   

1735  Death of John Eccles, English composer (b. 1668) on January - 12.   

1759  Anne of Hannover, English princess, dies at 49 on January - 12.   

1765  On January - 12 johann Melchior Molter, composer, dies at 68   

1777  Death of Hugh Mercer, American Revolutionary War officer (mortally wounded in battle) (b. 1726) on January - 12.   

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

1807  Adriaan Kluit, Dutch historian, dies at 71 on January - 12.   

1817  Death of Juan Andres, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1740) on this day in history.   

1829  On January - 12 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 January - 12 joseph A Koch, Aust painter/cartoonist/etcher/illustrator, dies at 70   

1851  Johan Herman Koekkoek, painter, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1856  Death of Ľudovít Å túr, Slovak politician, author of Slovak language, (b. 1815) on January - 12.   

1860  On this day in history martinus J Niewindt, bishop on Curacao (christened slaves), dies at 63   

1867  On this day in history victor Cousin, French philosopher/minister of Education, dies at 74   

1897  Death of Isaac Pitman, British inventor (Pitman Shorthand) (b. 1813) on January - 12.   

1899  Death of Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816) on January - 12.   

1909  Death of Hermann Minkowski, German mathematician (b. 1864) on this day in history.   

1921  On this day in history death of gervase Elwes, English tenor (b. 1866)   

1925  On this day in history oskar Brefeld, German botanist, dies at 85   

1926  Death of Sir Austin Chapman, Australian politician (b. 1864) on January - 12.   

1928  On this day in history death of ruth Snyder, 1st woman to die in electric chair   

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1483  On January - 12 birth of hendrik van Nassau-Dillenburg en Dietz, gov/viceroy of Holland   

1483  On this day in history birth of henry III of Nassau-Breda, German noblem (d. 1538)   

1492  Andreas Alicatus, Italian author was born on January - 12.   

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

1576  On this day in history birth of peter Scriverius, Dutch lawyer/historian   

1577  On this day in history birth of jan Baptist van Helmont, Flemish chemist (d. 1644)   

1580  Jean Baptiste van Helmont, Belgian chemist, (found boiling pt temp) was born on January - 12.   

1580  On this day in history birth of lord Alexander Ruthven, Scottish nobleman (d. 1600)