Famous Deaths In February - 05

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

1520  Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on this day in history.  

1578  Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on February - 05.  

1591  On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies  

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

1679  Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on February - 05.  

1705  Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history.  

1721  James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on February - 05.  

1738  Georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 February - 05.  

1758  Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45 on February - 05.  

1766  Death of Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on February - 05.  

1775  On February - 05 death of eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692)  

1790  On this day in history death of william Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710)  

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

1812  On February - 05 franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74  

1822  On February - 05 ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77  

1825  Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1831  On February - 05 death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29  

1838  Philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

1881  Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on this day in history.  

1888  On February - 05 anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49  

1892  On this day in history death of emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807)  

1897  Hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 on February - 05.  

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  Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on February - 05.  

1919  Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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

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

1926  Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69 on February - 05.  

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0976  Sanjō, Emperor of Japan (d. 1017) was born on February - 05.  

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

1519  René of Châlon, (d. 1544) was born on this day in history.  

1534  Giovanni de' Bardi, Italian writer (d. 1612) was born on February - 05.  

1589  On this day in history birth of honorat de Brueil seigneur de Racan, French playwright/poet  

1589  Esteban Manuel de Villegas, Spanish poet (d. 1669) was born on February - 05.  

1608  Gaspar Schott, German mathematician (d. 1666) was born on this day in history.  

1626  Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné, French author (d. 1696) was born on this day in history.