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Famous Deaths In February - 10

Monday, 20 May 2013

1126 Death of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071) on this day in history.

1134 Robert III/II Curthouse, Duke of Normandy, dies on this day in history.

1162 Boudouin III, son of King Fulco of Anjou/husband of Theodora, dies on this day in history.

1242 Death of Emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231) on this day in history.

1278 On this day in history death of margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202)

1482 On this day in history luca della Robbia, Italian sculptor (majolica reliefs), dies at 81

1495 Death of William Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy on this day in history.

1567 Death of Lord Darnley Stuart, husband of English queen Mary, murdered on this day in history.

1576 Death of Guilielmus Xylander, German classical scholar (b. 1532) on this day in history.

1588 On this day in history joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82

1598 Anna van Bull, 1st wife of Polish/Swedish king Sigismund II, dies on this day in history.

1657 On this day in history sebastian Stosskopf, Elzabethian painter, dies at 59

1678 On this day in history death of philip Vingboons, Amsterdam's master builder, buried

1686 On this day in history william Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies

1711 Lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22 on this day in history.

1722 On this day in history death of bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682)

1755 On this day in history death of montesquieu, French writer (b. 1689)

1758 On this day in history death of thomas Ripley, English architect

1772 On this day in history jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75

1774 On this day in history florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44

1782 Death of Friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702) on this day in history.

1783 On this day in history james Nares, composer, dies at 67

1816 On this day in history johann Paul Aegidius Martini, composer, dies at 74

1822 Albert-Kasimir, duke of Saxon-Teschen/governor of Hungary, dies at 83 on this day in history.

1825 On this day in history paul van Hemert, Dutch theologist/philosopher (Kant), dies at 68

1829 Leo XII, [Annibale Sermattei], Italian Pope (1823-29), dies at 68 on this day in history.

1832 Antonio Benedetto Maria Puccini, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.

1837 Alexander S Pushkin, writer, dies at 37 on this day in history.

1857 Death of David Thompson, Canadian explorer (b. 1770) on this day in history.

1861 Francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies on this day in history.

1865 On this day in history death of heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804)

1876 On this day in history johan August Soderman, composer, dies at 43

1887 Ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73 on this day in history.

1891 Death of Sofia Kovalevskaya, Russian mathematician (b. 1850) on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

1499 On this day in history birth of thomas Platter, Swiss humanist (d. 1582)

1524 On this day in history birth of albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580)

1606 On this day in history birth of christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663)

1609 John Suckling, English Cavalier poet/dramatist/courtier was born on this day in history.

1637 On this day in history birth of henriette Catharina van Nassau, Dutch daughter of Frederik Henry

1670 Norbert van Flowers, [Cephalus], Flemish painter was born on this day in history.

1670 On this day in history birth of william Congreve, England, writer (Old Bachelor, Way of the World)

1685 Aaron Hill, English playwright/poet (Tragedy of Zara) was born on this day in history.