Famous Deaths Happened In October - 12
Monday, 27 October 2025
0632 On October - 12 death of edwin of Deira, King of Northumbria and Bretwalda 

0638 Honorius I, [dux plebis], Italian Pope, dies on October - 12. 

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 this day in history. 

1095 On this day in history death of margrave Leopold II of Austria (b. 1050) 

1176 Death of William d'Aubigny, 1st Earl of Arundel, English politician on this day in history. 

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

1343 On October - 12 reinald II, duke of Gelre, dies 

1491 On this day in history death of fritz Herlen, German artist 

1492 On this day in history death of piero della Francesca, Italian painter 

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

1576 Maximiliaan II, German king/Kaiser (1564-76), dies on this day in history. 

1590 On October - 12 death of kano Eitoku, Japanese painter (b. 1543) 

1600 Death of Luis Molina, Spanish Jesuit (b. 1535) on October - 12. 

1632 On this day in history death of kutsuki Mototsuna, Japanese samurai commander (b. 1549) 

1646 On October - 12 francois De Bassompierre, marshal of France, dies 

1654 Dirck Graswinckel, Dutch copurt clerk of States-General, dies at 66 on October - 12. 

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

1678 On this day in history death of edmund Berry Godfrey, English magistrate (b. 1621) 

1679 On October - 12 death of william Gurnall, English writer (b. 1617) 

1685 On this day in history geeraerdt Burns, theologist/poet/historian, dies at 59 

1692 Giovanni Battista Vitali, composer, dies at 60 on October - 12. 

1694 On October - 12 matsuo Basho, greatest Japanese haiku poet, dies 

1730 Frederik IV, king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730), dies on October - 12. 

1758 On October - 12 death of richard Molesworth, 3rd Viscount Molesworth, British field marshal (b. 1680) 

1791 On October - 12 a L Karschin, writer, dies at 68 

1794 James Lyon, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history. 

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

1817 On this day in history 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 Frederica Louisa Wilhelmina, Queen of Netherlands, dies at 62 on this day in history. 

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

1845 Death of Elizabeth Fry, British social reformer and philanthropist (b. 1780) on October - 12. 

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