Famous Deaths In February - 05

0995  Death of William IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) on February - 05.  

1520  On this day in history death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493)  

1578  On February - 05 giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies  

1591  Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on this day in history.  

1658  Maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 on February - 05.  

1679  On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91  

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on February - 05.  

1721  On February - 05 james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47  

1738  On February - 05 georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61  

1745  Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 on February - 05.  

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1754  Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1758  On this day in history bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45  

1766  Death of Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on this day in history.  

1775  Death of Eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) on this day in history.  

1790  Death of William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710) on February - 05.  

1807  On February - 05 pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80  

1812  Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1822  Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 on February - 05.  

1825  Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 on February - 05.  

1831  Death of John CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 on February - 05.  

1838  Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on February - 05.  

1867  On February - 05 salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies  

1881  On February - 05 thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85  

1888  Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 on February - 05.  

1892  Death of Emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807) on February - 05.  

1897  On February - 05 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42  

1907  Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 on February - 05.  

1911  Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies on this day in history.  

1915  Death of Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) on February - 05.  

1917  On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41  

1919  On February - 05 vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62  

1922  James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1924  On February - 05 alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83  

1926  On this day in history andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69  

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0976  On February - 05 birth of sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017)  

1505  On this day in history birth of aegidius Tschudi, Swiss historian (d. 1572)  

1519  On this day in history birth of rené of Châlon, (d. 1544)  

1534  On this day in history birth of giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612)  

1589  On February - 05 birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet  

1589  On this day in history birth of esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669)  

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on February - 05.  

1626  On this day in history birth of marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696)