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Deaths on December 01

1135 : Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies
1374 : Magnus Eriksson, king of Norway/Sweden, dies
1417 : Walraven I van Brederode, viceroy of Holland, dies
1455 : Lorenzo Ghiberti, Italian sculptor, dies at 77
1515 : Gonzalo Fern ndez de C¢rdoba, [el Gran Capit n], Span gen, dies at 62
1521 : Leo X, [Giovanni de' Medici], Italian Pope (1513-21), dies at 45
1530 : Margaretha of Austria, governess of the Netherlands, dies at 51
1580 : Edmund Campion, English jesuit, hanged at 42
1580 : Giovanni Morone, Italian theologian/diplomat/cardinal, dies at 71
1623 : Thomas Weelkes, composer, dies at 47
1633 : Isabella of Austria, infante of Spain/governess in Holland, dies at 67
1635 : Melchior Teschner, composer, dies at 51
1651 : Cristobal de Isla Diego, composer, dies at 65
1700 : Willem ten Rhijne, Dutch physician in Batavia, dies at about 53
1707 : Jeremiah Clarke, composer, dies
1709 : A Sancta Clara, writer, dies
1709 : Abraham a Santa Clara, [Johann Megerle], Germ court vicar, dies at 65
1727 : Johann Heinrich Buttstett, composer, dies at 61
1729 : Christian Ludwig Boxberg, composer, dies at 59
1736 : Simon van Slingelandt, Dutch grand pensionary (1727-36), dies at 72
1750 : Doppelmayr, mathematician
1755 : Maurice Greene, composer, dies at 59
1797 : Oliver Wolcott, US judge/signer (Decl of Independence), dies at 71
1808 : Anton Fischer, composer, dies at 30
1813 : Ferdinando Bertoni, composer, dies at 88
1817 : Justin Heinrich Knechtl, composer, dies at 65
1825 : Aleksandr I P Romanov, czar of Russia (1801-25), dies at 47
1842 : Philip Spencer, 1st US naval officer condemned for mutiny, hanged
1865 : Constant van Crombrugghe, Flemish monastery founder, dies at 76
1887 : Albertus J Duymaer van Twist, gov-gen of Dutch-Indies, dies at 78
1892 : ? de Bruyne, Belgian sergeant in Congo, murdered
1892 : Joseph Lippens, Belgian lieutenant in Congo, murdered
1893 : Eduard Franck, composer, dies at 76
1901 : George Lohmann, cricketer (in S Africa 18 Tests, 112 wickets), dies
1916 : Charles E Vicomte de Foucauld, French explorer, dies at 58
1925 : Vicente Arregui Garay, composer, dies at 54
1926 : Hans Heinrich XIV Hochberg, composer, dies at 83
1932 : Amadeo Vives, composer, dies at 61
1934 : Sergei M Kirov, Josef Stalin's collaborator, assassinated in Leningrad
1935 : Bernard Schmidt, inventor (Schmidt camera), dies
1939 : Max Fiedler, composer, dies at 79
1941 : Horace Chapman, cricketer (2 Tests for S Africa, 39 runs, 1 wkt), dies
1945 : Harvey Bartlett Gaul, composer, dies at 64
1947 : Aleister Edward S Crowley, British occultist, dies at 72
1947 : Hardy, mathematician, dies
1950 : Ernest John Moeran, British composer, dies at 55
1951 : Felix Petyrek, composer, dies at 59
1952 : Victor E Orlando, Italian premier (1917-19), dies at 92
1960 : Ion Vasilescu, composer, dies at 57
1968 : Hugo Haas, actor/director (Bait, Pick Up), dies of asthma at 66
1970 : Frank Smailes, cricketer (England pace bowler Test v India 1946), dies
1971 : Arthur B Springarn, US NAACP chairman (1940-65), dies at 93
1972 : Antonio Segni, Italian PM/pres (1955-57, 59-60, 62-64), dies at 81
1973 : David Ben-Gurion, founding father of Israel, dies in Tel Aviv at 87
1974 : Lajos Zilahy, Hungarian/US author (Angry Angel), dies at 83
1974 : Stephen Gill Spottswood, US bishop/chairman (NAACP), dies at 77
1975 : Nick Kenny, US columnist/songwriter (Nick Kenny Show), dies at 80
1977 : Paul Hardy, Belgian designer (Italian Country, dies at 69
1980 : Sam Levene, actor (Purple Heart, Designing Women), dies at 75
1982 : Dorothy James, composer, dies on 81st birthday
1983 : Mirsky, mathematician, dies
1986 : Horace Heidt, orch leader (Swift Show Wagon), dies at 85
1986 : Robert L "Bobby" Layne, football player (Detroit Lions), dies at 59
1986 : [Irving] Lee Dorsey, [Kid Chocolate], US boxer/singer, dies at 59
1987 : Donn Fulton Eisele, Col USAF/astronaut, dies of a heart attack at 57
1987 : James Arthur Baldwin, writer (Another Country), dies at 63
1989 : Alvin Ailey, US choreographer (Blues Suite, Revelations), dies at 58
1990 : Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies
1991 : Byron Webster, actor (That Man Bolt), dies of AIDS at 58
1991 : George Joseph Stigler, US economist (Nobel 1982), dies at 80
1994 : Hugh Chilvers, cricketer (151 wickets leg-spin for NSW 1928-37), dies
1994 : Lionel Stander, actor (Max-Hart to Hart), dies at 86
1996 : Barbak Karmal, politician, dies at 67
1996 : Irving Gordon, songwriter, dies at 81
1997 : Denis Gerald Barrington, artist, dies at 67
1997 : Stephane Grappelli, French jazz violinist, dies at 89

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