Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  On February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies  

0619  On February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury  

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on this day in history.  

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1014  On this day in history death of king Sweyn I of Denmark  

1116  On February - 03 death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)  

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on February - 03.  

1428  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on February - 03.  

1451  On February - 03 murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies  

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

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

1558  Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies on February - 03.  

1566  On February - 03 death of george Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)  

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

1619  On this day in history death of henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564)  

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

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

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

1737  Death of Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648) on this day in history.  

1748  Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49 on February - 03.  

1803  Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 on February - 03.  

1814  On this day in history johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75  

1832  On this day in history george Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77  

1846  Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 on February - 03.  

1862  Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on February - 03.  

1866  Death of François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809) on February - 03.  

1874  Death of Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) on February - 03.  

1875  Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1876  Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 on February - 03.  

1882  On February - 03 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 February - 03.  

1900  Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1902  On February - 03 isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies  

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1338  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)  

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on February - 03.  

1525  On this day in history birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer  

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

1655  On this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on February - 03.  

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on February - 03.  

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.