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Famous Deaths In February - 04

Thursday, 20 June 2013

1189  Gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1222  Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies on this day in history.  

1503  Queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies on this day in history.  

1505  On this day in history joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40  

1508  Death of Conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459) on this day in history.  

1553  Caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1590  On this day in history gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73  

1615  On this day in history death of dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552)  

1617  On this day in history louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76  

1640  Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on this day in history.  

1694  Death of Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) on this day in history.  

1714  On this day in history duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies  

1746  Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1774  On this day in history death of charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701)  

1781  On this day in history josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43  

1799  Death of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) on this day in history.  

1815  Geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1816  On this day in history meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63  

1834  Amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1844  On this day in history willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49  

1854  Carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60  

1894  On this day in history antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79  

1895  Faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1896  On this day in history henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73  

1905  Death of Louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841) on this day in history.  

1911  Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 on this day in history.  

1921  On this day in history xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75  

1927  On this day in history thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74  

1928  Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1933  Death of Archibald Sayce, English educator (b. 1846) on this day in history.  

1936  Death of Wilhelm Gustloff, German leader of the Swiss Nazi party (b. 1895) on this day in history.  

1939  Edward Sapir, US linguist/cultural antropologist (indian), dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1940  On this day in history death of nikolai Yezhov, Head of Soviet NKVD (b. 1895)  

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Famous Birthdays In February - 04

Famous People Born On This Day In History

1465  On this day in history birth of french van Brederode, leader of Hoeksen  

1524  Luis de Camões, Portugal's greatest poet. (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.  

1549  Eustache du Caurroy, composer was born on this day in history.  

1575  On this day in history birth of pierre de Barulle, French cardinal  

1581  On this day in history birth of daniel Selich, composer  

1620  On this day in history birth of gustaf Bonde, Swedish statesman (d. 1667)  

1646  On this day in history birth of hans A Freiherr von Abschatz, Silesian poet  

1677  Johann Ludwig Bach, German composer (d. 1731) was born on this day in history.