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Famous Deaths In February - 03

Friday, 24 May 2013

1014 Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on this day in history.

1116 Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on this day in history.

1399 On this day in history john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58

1428 Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on this day in history.

1451 On this day in history murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies

1468 Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies on this day in history.

1536 Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies on this day in history.

1558 On this day in history alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies

1566 Death of George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) on this day in history.

1602 On this day in history paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62

1619 Death of Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564) on this day in history.

1679 On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53

1697 Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island on this day in history.

1715 Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.

1737 On this day in history death of tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)

1748 Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.

1803 On this day in history pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79

1814 Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.

1832 George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77 on this day in history.

1846 Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 on this day in history.

1862 Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.

1866 Death of François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809) on this day in history.

1874 On this day in history death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)

1875 On this day in history everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66

1876 Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 on this day in history.

1882 On this day in history guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55

1889 Death of Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40 on this day in history.

1890 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 on this day in history.

1900 On this day in history ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33

1902 Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies on this day in history.

1903 On this day in history frederick E Kitziger, composer, dies at 59

1909 Johann Georg Herzog, composer, dies at 86 on this day in history.

1921 Max Wilhelm Zach, composer, dies at 56 on this day in history.

1922 Christiaan R de Wet, South African Boer general, dies at 67 on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1338 Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.

1368 On this day in history birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)

1525 Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on this day in history.

1648 On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer

1655 Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.

1677 Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.

1690 On this day in history birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)

1721 On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)