Famous Deaths In February - 03

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

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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  On February - 03 alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies  

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  Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1697  On February - 03 sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island  

1715  On February - 03 gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70  

1737  Death of Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648) on February - 03.  

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

1803  Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

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

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

1846  On February - 03 joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79  

1862  On February - 03 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

1866  On this day in history death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)  

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

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  Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history death of belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40  

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

1900  Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 on February - 03.  

1902  On this day in history isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies  

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1338  On February - 03 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  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on this day in history.  

1648  On February - 03 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 February - 03.  

1690  On February - 03 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)  

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on February - 03.