Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12
Friday, 26 December 2025
0632 On this day in history death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda 

0638 On this day in history honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies 

0642 On October - 12 johannes IV, Dalmatisch Pope (640-42), dies 

1093 Robrecht de Fries, earl of Flanders (1071-93), dies at about 62 on October - 12. 

1095 On October - 12 death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) 

1176 On this day in history death of william d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician 

1320 Michael IX Paleologi, emperor of Byzantine (1295-1320), dies on October - 12. 

1343 On this day in history reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies 

1491 On October - 12 death of fritz Herlen, German artist 

1492 Death of Piero della Francesca, Italian painter on this day in history. 

1565 On October - 12 death of jean Ribault, French explorer and colonizer (b. 1520) 

1576 On this day in history maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies 

1590 Death of Kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) on October - 12. 

1600 Death of Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535) on this day in history. 

1632 Death of Kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549) on this day in history. 

1646 On this day in history francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies 

1654 Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66 on this day in history. 

1672 Death of Frederik of Nassau, count of Buren, slain in battle on this day in history. 

1678 On October - 12 death of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621) 

1679 Death of William Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) on October - 12. 

1685 On October - 12 geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 

1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on this day in history. 

1694 Matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies on this day in history. 

1730 On this day in history frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies 

1758 Death of Richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680) on this day in history. 

1791 A L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

1794 On October - 12 james Lyon, composer, dies at 59 

1797 On this day in history pierre de Jelyotte, composer, dies at 84 

1817 On October - 12 johann Franz Xaver Sterkel, composer, dies at 66 

1820 Elias Annes Borger, theologist/poet (Ode on the Rhine), dies at 36 on this day in history. 

1829 Jacobus Blue, Dutch regent/patriot, dies at about 73 on October - 12. 

1837 On this day in history frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 

1844 Claude Tillier, French journalist/writer (My Uncle Benjamin), dies on this day in history. 

1845 On October - 12 death of elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780) 

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