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Deaths on December 13

xxxx : Piijn I, King of Aquitania, dies
1048 : Al-Biruni, Arabic royal astrologer, dies at 74
1124 : Callistus II, [Guido di Borgogna], Italian Pope (1119-24), dies
1126 : Hendrik IX, the Black, Duke of Bayern (1120-26), dies
1204 : Maimonides, Jewish philosopher/talmudic scholar, dies in Cairo at 69
1250 : Frederick II, German Emperor (1212-1250), dies at 55
1404 : Albrecht, duke of Bavaria, dies at 74
1521 : Manoel I "the Great", King of Portugal (1495-1521), dies at 52
1557 : Niccol¢ Tartaglia, Italian mathematician, dies
1565 : Konrad von Gesner, naturalist, dies at 49
1574 : SelŒm II Sari, the blonde, sultan of Turkey (1566-74), dies at 50
1603 : Franciscus Vieta, mathematician, dies in Paris at 63
1622 : Jan Campanus, composer, dies at 50
1672 : Jan II Kazimierz, king of Poland (1648-68), dies at 63
1693 : Dodoftei, Romanian metropolitan of Moldavia/writer (Saint Lives), dies
1693 : Willem Van de Velde, Dutch the Old, seascape painter, dies at about 82
1729 : Anthony Collins, Engl philosopher (On Liberty & Necessity), dies at 53
1738 : Gotthard Wagner, composer, dies at 59
1769 : C F Gellert, writer, dies at 54
1774 : Susanne K von Klettenberg, German friend of Goethes mother, dies at 50
1793 : Johann Joachim Christoph Bode, composer, dies at 63
1812 : Marianne von Martinez, composer, dies at 68
1814 : Charles Joseph Prince of Ligne, Belg fieldmarshal/author, dies at 79
1862 : Conrad Feger Jackson, US Union brig-general, dies in battle at 49
1862 : Maxcy Gregg, US Confederate brig-general, dies in battle at 48
1862 : Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb, Confederate brig-gen, dies in battle at 39
1863 : Friedrich Hebbel, writer, dies at 50
1872 : Helena Beeloo, Hague's maid, murdered by Henry Jut
1872 : W T van der Kouwen-ten Cate, Hague's Dame, murdered by Henry Jut
1881 : August Senoa, Croatian writer (Kletva [The Curse]), dies at 43
1894 : Sarah Parker Remond, US/Italian abolitionist, dies at 68
1898 : George Frederick Bristow, composer, dies at 72
1909 : Innokenti F Annenski, Russian poet/interpreter, dies at 53 [OS 11/30]
1911 : Reg Duff, cricketer (23 Tests for Australia 1902-05, 1317 runs), dies
1919 : Amintore Galli, composer, dies at 74
1921 : Frederick Martin, cricketer (14 wkts in 2 Tests for Eng 1890-92), dies
1924 : Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74
1929 : Knut Algot Hakanson, composer, dies at 42
1935 : John Nicolson, cricketer (South African lefty batsman 1926-27), dies
1940 : Dusty Tapscott, cricket (bro of Doodles, 4&1 in only S Af Test), dies
1940 : George Macaulay, cricketer (took 24 wkts in 8 Tests, Eng 22-33), dies
1942 : Eleanor Everest Freer, composer, dies at 78
1944 : Lupe Velez, actress (Joe Palooka), overdoses on seconal at 34
1944 : Vassily Kandinsky, abstract artist (Dreamy Inspiration), dies at 78
1945 : Robert van Genechten, Dutch Nazi (NSB), commits suicide
1945 : Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer, dies at 83
1951 : Selim Palmgren, Finnish pianist/composer (Daniel Hjort), dies at 73
1958 : Ahmed Mukhtar Baban, premier of Iraq, executed
1958 : Barhanuddin Bashajan, Iraqi minister of Foreign affairs, executed
1958 : Brand Dirck Ochse, film/bioscope pioneer (Polygoon), dies at 66
1958 : Rafiq Aref, Iraqi chief-staff Arabs Statenbond, executed
1958 : Tim Moore, actor (Kingfish-Amos 'n' Andy), dies at 70
1961 : Grandma [Anna M] Moses, US painter, dies at 101
1963 : Hubert ME Pierlot, Belgian advocate/premier (1939-45), dies at 79
1966 : Charles Watts, actor (Lone Ranger & Lost City of Gold), dies of cancer
1968 : Siegfried Reda, composer, dies at 52
1969 : Raymond A Spruance, US admiral (battle of Midway), dies at 83
1971 : Max Mell, Austria artillery officer/literary, dies at 88
1974 : Rufe Davis, actor (Floyd Smoot-Petticoat Junction), dies at 66
1975 : Cyril Delevanti, actor (Lucius-Jefferson Davis), dies at 88
1975 : Hendrik Kruls, Dutch gen/chief milt authority (1944-46), dies at 73
1976 : Eduard Claudius, writer, dies
1979 : Jon Hall, actor (Ramor of the Jungle), dies at 66
1980 : Harm van Riel, Dutch Liberal Party politician, dies at 73
1981 : Cornelius Cardew, composer, dies at 45
1981 : Pigmeat Markham, comedian (Here Comes da Judge-Laugh In), dies at 75
1982 : Jack Badcock, cricketer (7 Tests, 1 century but inconsistent), dies
1983 : Leora Dana, actress (Amityville II, Change of Habit), dies at 60
1983 : Leora Dana, actress (Sylvie Kosloff-Another World), dies
1983 : Mary Renault [Challans], British author (Funeral games), dies at 78
1986 : Heather Angel, actress (Lifeboat, Daniel Boone), dies at 77
1990 : Alice Marble, Calif, tennis star, dies at 77
1990 : Friedrich Drrenmatt, Swiss writer (Besuch der alten Dame), dies at 69
1991 : Andr‚ Pieyre de Mandiargues, French writer (La marge), dies at 82
1992 : Bernard Drukker, Dutch pianist/orch leader (duivelswiel), dies
1993 : Charles JB Jonckheere, Flemish poet/writer: Ogentroost, dies at 87
1993 : Myrna Loy, actress (Thin Man, Vanity Fair), dies at 88
1994 : Antoine Pinay, PM of France (1952-53), dies
1994 : Herman W "Fritz" Liebert, US librarian/Yale-curator, dies at 83
1994 : Norman Beaton, actor (Eureka, Black Joy, Mighty Quinn), dies at 60
1995 : Evangeline Bruce, hostess, dies at 81
1995 : Nancy LaMott, singer, dies at 43
1996 : Cao Yu, dramatist, dies at 86
1996 : Charles Edwin Molnar, computer pioneer, dies at 61
1996 : Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster, dies at 76
1996 : Mae Barnes, singer, dies at 89
1997 : Alexander Oppenheim, mathematician, dies at 94
1997 : Martin Carter, poet/critic, dies at 70
1997 : Rafael Jose Fernandez de la Calzada y Ferrer, restaurateur, dies at 83

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