Famous Deaths In May - 12
Tuesday, 29 October 2024
0912 On this day in history leo VI Sophos, Byzantine Emperor (886-912), dies at 45
1003 Gerbert, French scholar, dies in Rome on May - 12.
1012 On May - 12 sergius IV, [Pietro Crescentii], Italian Pope (1009-12), dies
1382 On May - 12 johanna I, Queen of Naples/Provence, dies
1465 Death of Thomas Palaeologus, Despot of the Despotate of Morea on this day in history.
1634 On this day in history george Chapman, English dramatist/interpreter, dies
1641 On May - 12 death of thomas Wentworth, English viceroy of Ireland, beheaded at 48
1649 Death of Isaac Doreslaer, English lawyer/diplomat, murdered on May - 12.
1684 Death of Edme Mariotte, French physicist and priest on May - 12.
1699 Death of Lucas Achtschellinck, Flemish painter (b. 1626) on May - 12.
1708 On this day in history death of adolf Friedrich II of Mecklenburg-Strelitz (b. 1658)
1737 On May - 12 cornelis van Alkemade, historian, dies at 83
1748 On May - 12 death of thomas Lowndes, English astronomer (b. 1692)
1759 Death of Lambert-Sigisbert Adam, French sculptor (b. 1700) on May - 12.
1784 On May - 12 death of abraham Trembley, Swiss naturalist (b. 1710)
1792 On this day in history death of charles Simon Favart, French dramatist (b. 1710)
1796 Johann P Uz, German poet (Theodicee), dies at 75 on May - 12.
1801 Death of Nicholas Repnin, Russian statesman (b. 1734) on this day in history.
1811 On May - 12 louis-Charles-Joseph Rey, composer, dies at 52
1814 On this day in history robert Treat Paine, US judge (signed Decl of Ind), dies at 83
1825 Elias Mann, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.
1843 Johann Georg Lickl, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.
1845 On this day in history august Wilhelm Schlegel, German poet/interpreter/critic, dies at 77
1852 On this day in history john Richardson, Canadian writer (War of 1812), dies
1856 On May - 12 death of jacques Philippe Marie Binet, French mathematician (b. 1786)
1860 On this day in history death of charles Barry, English architect (b. 1795)
1861 Christian Heinrich Hohmann, composer, dies at 50 on May - 12.
1864 Abner Monroe Perrin, Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 37 on this day in history.
1867 Death of Friedrich William Eduard Gerhard, German archaeologist (b. 1795) on this day in history.
1871 Daniel-Francois-Esprit Auber, French opera composer, dies at 89 on this day in history.
1876 Henri A Esquiros, French poet (Evangile du peuple), dies at 63 on this day in history.
1884 Bedrich Friedrich Smetana, Czech composer (2 Widows), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1896 On May - 12 juan Morel Campos, composer, dies at 38
1897 Ulrika "Minna" Cant-Johnstown, Finnish playwright, dies at 53 on this day in history.
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