Controversy over who would control the appointment of church officials, died. 1204 Maimonides (Moses ben Maimon) (b. 30 March 1135), medieval Jewish scholar, died. 1250 Frederick II , the messianic German Emperor (1212 – 1250) who fought repeatedly and heatedly with popes, died (b. 26 December 1194). 1272 Berthold von Regensburg ,