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Famous Deaths In February - 10

Sunday, 19 May 2013

1126 On this day in history death of william IX, Duke of Aquitaine, poet (b. 1071)

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 On this day in history death of emperor Shijō of Japan (b. 1231)

1278 Death of Margaret II of Flanders (b. 1202) on this day in history.

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

1495 On this day in history death of william Stanley, Engl lord chamberlain, executed for conspiracy

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 Joost Sybrantsz Buyck, Amsterdam merchant/regent, dies at about 82 on this day in history.

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 William Dugdale, Garter King of Arms (1677-86), dies on this day in history.

1711 On this day in history lukas Fencer, Dutch poet (Meleager & Atalante), dies at 22

1722 Death of Bartholomew Roberts, Welsh pirate (b. 1682) on this day in history.

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 Jozef Wenceslas, monarch of Liechtenstein/general, dies at 75 on this day in history.

1774 Florian Leopold Gassmann, composer, dies at 44 on this day in history.

1782 On this day in history death of friedrich Christoph Oetinger, German theologian (b. 1702)

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 On this day in history francis Danby, Exmouth, painter, dies

1865 Death of Heinrich Lenz, German physicist (b. 1804) on this day in history.

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

1887 On this day in history ellen Wood, English author (Pomeroy Abbey), dies at 73

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 Albrecht Giese, German politician and diplomat (d. 1580) was born on this day in history.

1606 Christine Marie of France, regent of Savoy (d. 1663) was born on this day in history.

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.