Died on
Who died on November 12
99 figures who shaped history died on November 12.
- 99deaths
- 62events
Best known
Best known
Livinus
Irish saint, apostle of Flanders and Brabant
Burchard III of Swabia
Duke of Swabia from 954 to 973
Cnut
King of Denmark, Norway and England (c.995–1035)
William I of Burgundy
Count of Burgundy
Duncan II of Scotland
King of Alba in 1094
Canute VI of Denmark
King of Denmark from 1182 to 1202
Livinus — Irish saint, apostle of Flanders and Brabant, who died on November 12 657.
Burchard III of Swabia — Duke of Swabia from 954 to 973, who died on November 12 973.
Cnut — King of Denmark, Norway and England (c.995–1035), who died on November 12 1035.
William I of Burgundy — Count of Burgundy, who died on November 12 1087.
Duncan II of Scotland — King of Alba in 1094, who died on November 12 1094.
Canute VI of Denmark — King of Denmark from 1182 to 1202, who died on November 12 1202.
All entries
- 607PPope Boniface IIIHead of the Catholic Church in 607
- 975NNotker PhysicusMonk, physician, painter, composer and poet (died 975)
- 1209
Philippe du Plessis13th Grand Master of the Knights Templar - 1218HHenry de AbergavennyBishop of Llandaff, Wales (died 1218)
- 1347JJohn of Viktring
- 1375
John Henry, Margrave of MoraviaCount of Tyrol from 1335 to 1341 - 1434
Louis III of AnjouDuke of Anjou - 1555
Stephen GardinerEnglish bishop and politician - 1555
Yang Jisheng (Ming dynasty)Chinese statesman - 1555ZZhang Jing (Ming dynasty)Ming dynasty politician (died 1555)
- 1562
Peter Martyr VermigliItalian Reformed theologian - 1567
Anne de Montmorency, 1st Duke of MontmorencyFrench soldier, statesman and diplomat - 1572HHenry of Stolberg
- 1595
John Hawkins (naval commander)English slave trader
- 1623
Josaphat KuntsevychUkrainian Greek Catholic archbishop and martyr - 1667
Hans NansenDanish statesman - 1671
Thomas FairfaxEnglish army officer and politician - 1742
Friedrich HoffmannGerman physician and chemist - 1793
Jean Sylvain BaillyFrench astronomer, mathematician, freemason, and political leader - 1793
Lord George GordonBritish nobleman and politician - 1836
Juan Ramón BalcarceArgentine military leader and politician - 1847
William Christopher ZeiseDanish organic chemist - 1865
Elizabeth GaskellEnglish novelist, biographer, and short story writer - 1896
Joseph James CheesemanPresident of Liberia - 1902
William Henry BarlowBritish civil engineer - 1916
Percival LowellAmerican businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer - 1933
John Cady (golfer)American golfer - 1933
F. Holland DayAmerican photographer and publisher - 1939
Norman BethuneCanadian physician - 1942MMaurice O'Neill (Irish republican)Irish activist (executed 1942)
- 1946
Albert Bond LambertAmerican golfer and aviator - 1946
Madan Mohan MalaviyaIndian independence activist, scholar, educator, politician - 1948
Umberto GiordanoItalian opera composer - 1950
Lesley AshburnerAmerican hurdler - 1950
Julia MarloweAmerican actress - 1955
Alfréd HajósHungarian swimmer and architect - 1955
Tin UjevićCroatian poet - 1955
Sarah WambaughAmerican political scientist - 1958
Gustaf SöderströmSwedish athlete - 1962
Roque González GarzaPresident of Mexico in 1915 - 1965
Many BennerFrench painter - 1965
Taher SaifuddinDa'i al-Mutlaq of Dawoodi Bohra from 1915 to 1965 - 1969
Liu ShaoqiPresident of China from 1959 to 1968 - 1971
Hanna NeumannGerman-born mathematician - 1972
Rudolf FrimlCzech composer - 1972
Tommy WisdomBritish motoring correspondent for the Daily Herald and racing driver - 1976
Mikhail Gurevich (aircraft designer)Soviet aircraft designer - 1976
Walter PistonAmerican composer - 1981
William HoldenAmerican actor - 1986
Minoru YasuiAmerican lawyer and activist - 1990
Eve ArdenAmerican actress - 1991
Gabriele Tinti (actor)Italian actor - 1993
H. R. HaldemanAmerican political aide and Watergate Scandal figure - 1994
Wilma RudolphAmerican athlete - 1997CCarlos SurinachAmerican classical composer
- 1998RRoy HollisEnglish footballer
- 1998
Sally ShlaerAmerican computer scientist
- 2000
Franck PourcelMusical artist - 2001
Albert HagueAmerican songwriter - 2001
Tony MilesEnglish chess grandmaster - 2003
Jonathan BrandisAmerican actor - 2003
Cameron DuncanNew Zealand filmmaker - 2003
Penny SingletonAmerican actress - 2003
Tony Thompson (drummer)American drummer - 2007KK. C. IbrahimIndian cricketer
- 2007
Ira LevinAmerican novelist, playwright, and songwriter - 2008
Catherine Baker KnollAmerican politician - 2008
Mitch MitchellEnglish drummer - 2010
Henryk GóreckiPolish composer - 2012
Hans HammarskiöldSwedish photographer - 2012SSergio OlivaCuban bodybuilder
- 2012DDaniel Stern (psychologist)American infant psychoanalyst
- 2013SSteve RexeCanadian ice hockey player
- 2013
Konrad RudnickiPolish astronomer - 2013
Aleksandr SerebrovSoviet and Russian cosmonaut - 2013
John TavenerEnglish composer
- 2013
Kurt TrampedachDanish painter and sculptor - 2014
Ravi ChopraIndian filmmaker - 2014
Warren ClarkeBritish actor - 2014
Marge RoukemaAmerican politician - 2014VValery Senderov
- 2015
Márton FülöpHungarian footballer
- 2015
Jihadi JohnKuwaiti-British terrorist and ISIS executioner - 2016
Lupita TovarMexican-American actress - 2016
Mahmoud Abdel AzizEgyptian actor - 2018
Stan LeeAmerican comic book writer - 2021CChung-Yun HseTaiwanese American wood scientist
- 2023
Don WalshAmerican oceanographer - 2024
Roy HaynesAmerican jazz drummer and group leader - 2024
John HorganPremier of British Columbia from 2017 to 2022 - 2024
Song Jae-rimSouth Korean actor and model - 2024
Thomas E. KurtzAmerican computer scientist and educator - 2024
Timothy WestEnglish actor
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Who died on November 12?
99 people with a Wikipedia article died on November 12, including Livinus, Burchard III of Swabia, Cnut. The list is in chronological order by year of death and spans all of documented history, from antiquity to the present day. For each person you find their occupation, the year and a link to the Wikipedia biography, where the full story and its sources can be read.
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62 documented historical events happened on November 12, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Led by the voivode Basarab I, Wallachian forces defeated the Hungarian army in an ambush at the Battle of Posada (depicted). On the same day, in another year: William Heffelfinger was paid $500 by the Allegheny Athletic Association, becoming the first professional American football player. On Almanaccolo every event is listed in chronological order, grouped by century, and links to the Wikipedia article it comes from, so you can always read further or check the source. Alongside the events you find who was born and who died on this date, and which observances are celebrated around the world.
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