Died on
Who died on September 12
99 figures who shaped history died on September 12.
- 99deaths
- 67events
Best known
Best known
Sak Kʼukʼ
Ajaw
Andronikos I Komnenos
Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185
Pope Innocent VI
Head of the Catholic Church from 1352 to 1362
Blanche of Lancaster
English noblewoman
Sidi El Houari
Algerian Imam
Albert III of Saxony
Duke of Saxony and Margrave of Meissen
Sak Kʼukʼ — Ajaw, who died on September 12 640.
Andronikos I Komnenos — Byzantine emperor from 1183 to 1185, who died on September 12 1185.
Pope Innocent VI — Head of the Catholic Church from 1352 to 1362, who died on September 12 1362.
Blanche of Lancaster — English noblewoman, who died on September 12 1368.
Sidi El Houari — Algerian Imam, who died on September 12 1439.
Albert III of Saxony — Duke of Saxony and Margrave of Meissen, who died on September 12 1500.
All entries
- 973NNefingusBishop of Angers (died 973)
- 1213
Peter II of AragonKing of Aragon from 1196 to 1213 - 1544
Clément MarotFrench poet - 1612
Vasili IV of RussiaTsar of Russia from 1606 to 1610 - 1642
Henri Coiffier de Ruzé, Marquis of Cinq-MarsLouis XIII's favourite - 1660
Jacob CatsDutch poet, humorist, jurist and politician - 1665
Jean BollandFlemish priest and hagiographer - 1672
Tanneguy Le FèvreFrench humanist and scholar - 1674
Nicolaes TulpDutch surgeon
- 1683
Afonso VI of PortugalKing of Portugal from 1656 to 1683 - 1712
Jan van der HeydenDutch painter - 1764
Jean-Philippe RameauFrench composer and music theorist - 1779
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl TempleBritish politician and peer - 1810
Sir Francis Baring, 1st BaronetBritish merchant, banker and politician - 1814
Robert Ross (British Army officer, born 1766)Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army - 1819
Gebhard Leberecht von BlücherPrussian field marshal - 1836
Christian Dietrich GrabbeGerman playwright - 1869
Peter Mark RogetBritish physician, philologist and theologian - 1870
Eleanora AthertonEnglish philanthropist - 1870
Fitz Hugh LudlowAuthor of "The Hasheesh Eater", journalist, addiction researcher - 1874
François GuizotFrench historian, orator and statesman - 1903
Duncan GilliesAustralian politician - 1907
Ilia ChavchavadzeGeorgian poet and politician; Georgian Orthodox Church saint - 1912
Pierre-Hector CoulliéFrench Catholic prelate - 1918
George ReidPrime Minister of Australia from 1904 to 1905 - 1919
Leonid AndreyevRussian playwright and writer - 1923
Jules ViolleFrench physicist - 1927
Sarah Frances WhitingAmerican physicist and astronomer - 1942
Valentine Baker (pilot)British Armed Forces pilot - 1945
Hajime SugiyamaImperial Japanese field marshal - 1949
Erik Adolf von WillebrandFinnish physician - 1953
James Hamilton, 3rd Duke of AbercornBritish peer - 1953
Hugo SchmeisserGerman firearm designer - 1953
Lewis StoneAmerican actor - 1956
Sándor FesteticsHungarian nobleman and cabinet minister - 1961
Carl H. HermannGerman physicist - 1962
Spot PolesBaseball player - 1962RRangeya Raghav
- 1965
Raja Aziz BhattiPakistani military officer and war hero - 1967
Vladimir BartolSlovenian writer - 1968
Tommy ArmourScottish-American professional golfer - 1971
Walter Egan (golfer)American golfer - 1972
William Boyd (actor)American actor - 1977
Steve BikoSouth African anti-apartheid activist - 1977
Robert LowellAmerican poet - 1978
William Hudson (engineer)New Zealand–Australian engineer - 1981
Eugenio MontaleItalian writer - 1982
Federico Moreno TorrobaSpanish composer and conductor - 1986
Jacques Henri LartigueFrench photographer - 1986CCharlotte WolffGerman physician
- 1987
John QualenCanadian-American actor of Norwegian origin - 1990
Athene SeylerEnglish actress - 1991
Bruce Matthews (Canadian Army officer)Canadian Army officer and businessman - 1992
Ruth Nelson (actress)American actress - 1992
Anthony PerkinsAmerican actor - 1993
Raymond BurrCanadian actor - 1994
Tom EwellAmerican actor - 1994
Boris YegorovSoviet physician and cosmonaut - 1995
Jeremy BrettEnglish actor - 1995
Yasutomo NagaiJapanese motorcycle racer - 1996
Ernesto GeiselPresident of Brazil from 1974 to 1979 - 1997
Judith MerrilAmerican novelist - 2000
Stanley TurrentineAmerican jazz saxophonist and record producer
- 2003
Johnny CashAmerican country singer - 2003AArthur Johnson (canoeist)Canadian canoeist
- 2005
Serge LangFrench-American mathematician - 2007BBobby ByrdAmerican singer, songwriter, and producer
- 2008
Bob Quinn (Australian footballer)Australian rules footballer and coach - 2008
David Foster WallaceAmerican writer - 2009
Norman BorlaugAmerican agronomist and Nobel Laureate - 2009
Jack KramerAmerican tennis player - 2009
Willy RonisFrench photographer - 2010
Claude ChabrolFrench film director - 2010
Giulio ZignoliItalian footballer - 2011
Alexander GalimovRussian ice hockey player - 2012
Arkadii DragomoshchenkoRussian writer - 2012
Jon FinlaysonAustralian actor - 2012TTom SimsAmerican snowboarder
- 2013
Ray DolbyAmerican electrical engineer and inventor - 2013
Warren GieseAmerican football player and coach, state legislator - 2013
Erich LoestGerman writer - 2013
Candace PertAmerican neuroscientist - 2014
Atef EbeidPrime Minister of Egypt from 1999 to 2004 - 2014JJohn Gustafson (musician)English musical artist
- 2014
Ian PaisleyNorthern Irish politician and religious leader - 2014
Joe SampleAmerican jazz musician and composer - 2015
Claudia CardAmerican philosopher - 2017
Allan MacEachenCanadian politician - 2017
Edith WindsorAmerican LGBTQ rights activist and technology manager - 2018
Shen Chun-shanTaiwanese physicist - 2019
ʻAkilisi PōhivaTongan politician - 2019EElsie Vartanian
- 2024
Sitaram YechuryIndian politician
Frequently asked questions
Who died on September 12?
99 people with a Wikipedia article died on September 12, including Sak Kʼukʼ, Andronikos I Komnenos, Pope Innocent VI. 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.
What happened on September 12?
67 documented historical events happened on September 12, from antiquity to the present day. The best known is this: Yax Nuun Ahiin I (depicted) took the throne as the ruler (ajaw) of the Mayan city of Tikal. On the same day, in another year: Reconquista: Castilian forces captured Gibraltar from the Emirate of Granada. 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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