Did you know
Maximilian I was never crowned by the Pope, as the journey to Rome was blocked by the Venetians.
Notable Deaths on January 12
1519 — Maximilian I
Holy Roman Emperor (born 1459)
January 12 has 107 recorded notable deaths across history, from 690 to 2026. This focused page highlights 20 people with the strongest available profile context.
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Notable Deaths
107 source records
690 – 2026
Today in history
Major events on January 12
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- 1911 The University of the Philippines College of Law is established. Source
- 1932 Hattie Caraway becomes the first woman elected to the United States Senate. Source
- 1962 Vietnam War: Operation Chopper, the first American combat mission and first American helicopter assault in the war, takes place. Source
- 2012 Violent protests occur in Bucharest, Romania, as two-day-old demonstrations continue against President Traian Băsescu's economic austerity measures. Clashes are reported in numerous Romanian cities between protesters and law enforcement officers. Source
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An accomplished pianist and one of the few harpists in the history of jazz, Coltrane recorded many albums as a bandleader, beginning in the late 1960s and early 1970s for Impulse!
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The founding-editor of The Salisbury Review, a conservative political journal, Scruton wrote over 50 books on architecture, art, philosophy, politics, religion, among other topics.
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Pierre de Fermat was a French magistrate, polymath, and above all, a mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality.
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Princess Patricia of Connaught (born 1886) was the third and youngest child and the second daughter of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, and Princess Louise Margaret of Prussia.
More major people who died on January 12
Notable people are ranked by substantive profile depth and public notability.
2007
Alice Coltrane
American pianist and composer (born 1937)
Alice Lucille Coltrane, also known as Swamini Turiyasangitananda or simply Turiya, was an American jazz musician, composer, bandleader, and Hindu spiritual leader.
2020
Sir Roger Scruton
English philosopher and writer (born 1944)
Sir Roger Vernon Scruton was an English philosopher, writer, and social critic who specialised in aesthetics and political philosophy, particularly in the furtherance of conservative views.
1665
Pierre de Fermat
French mathematician and lawyer (born 1601)
Pierre de Fermat was a French magistrate, polymath, and above all, a mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality.
1974
Princess Patricia of Connaught (born 1886)
Princess Patricia of Connaught was a member of the British royal family and a granddaughter of Queen Victoria.
2003
Kinji Fukasaku
Japanese actor, director, and screenwriter (born 1930)
Kinji Fukasaku was a Japanese filmmaker. Known for his "broad range and innovative filmmaking", he worked in many different genres and styles, but was best known for his gritty yakuza films, typified by the Battles…
1759
Anne
Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (born 1709)
Anne, Princess Royal was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Caroline of Ansbach.
2018
Keith Jackson
American sports commentator and journalist (born 1928)
Keith Max Jackson was an American sports commentator, journalist, author, and radio personality, known for his career with ABC Sports (1966–2006).
1899
Hiram Walker
American businessman, founded Canadian Club (born 1816)
Hiram Walker was an American entrepreneur and founder of the Hiram Walker and Sons Ltd. distillery in Windsor, Ontario, Canada. He was born in East Douglas, Massachusetts, and moved to Detroit in 1838.
1997
Charles Brenton Huggins
Canadian-American physician and physiologist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1901)
Charles Brenton Huggins was a Canadian-American surgeon and physiologist known for his work on prostate function, prostate cancer, and breast cancer.
1971
John Tovey
1st Baron Tovey, English admiral (born 1885)
Admiral of the Fleet John Cronyn Tovey, 1st Baron Tovey,, sometimes known as Jack Tovey, was a Royal Navy officer.
2015
Robert Gover
American journalist and author (born 1929)
Robert Gover was an American journalist who became a best-selling novelist at age 30.
2014
Connie Binsfeld
American educator and politician, 58th Lieutenant Governor of Michigan (born 1924)
Connie Berube Binsfeld was an American Republican politician from the U.S. State of Michigan. She served as the 60th lieutenant governor of Michigan.
1778
François Bigot
French politician (born 1703)
François Bigot was a French government official. He served as the Financial Commissary on Île Royale, commissary general of the ill-fated Duc d'Anville expedition and finally as the Intendant of New France, the last…
2025
Claude Jarman Jr.
American actor and producer (born 1934)
Claude Miller Jarman Jr. was an American actor. He became a child star with his role as Jody Baxter in The Yearling (1946), for which he won an Academy Juvenile Award.
1834
William Grenville
1st Baron Grenville, English academic and politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (born 1759)
William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville was a British Pittite Tory politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1806 to 1807, but was a supporter of the Whigs for the duration of the Napoleonic…
947
Sang Weihan
Chinese chief of staff (born 898)
Sang Weihan (桑維翰), courtesy name Guoqiao (國僑), formally the Duke of Wei (魏公), was a Chinese historian, military general, poet, and politician of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms Period state Later Jin, serving as…
2003
Maurice Gibb
Manx-Australian singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (born 1949)
Maurice Ernest Gibb was a British musician and songwriter. He achieved global fame as a member of the Bee Gees pop group, considered one of the most successful pop-rock groups of all time.
1960
Nevil Shute
English engineer and author (born 1899)
Nevil Shute Norway was an English novelist and aeronautical engineer who spent his later years in Australia.
1944
Lance C. Wade
American commander and pilot (born 1915)
Wing Commander Lance Cleo "Wildcat" Wade DSO, DFC & Two Bars was an American pilot who joined the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War and became a flying ace.