Famous Deaths Happened In February - 22

0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on this day in history.   

0965  On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)   

1071  Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1076  On February - 22 death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]   

1078  On this day in history johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies   

1111  On this day in history death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily   

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on this day in history.   

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1478  Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies on this day in history.   

1512  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1627  On February - 22 death of olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)   

1674  John Wilson, composer, dies at 78 on February - 22.   

1680  Death of Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640) on February - 22.   

1687  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer   

1690  Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 on February - 22.   

1727  On this day in history francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58   

1731  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1732  On February - 22 death of francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663)   

1742  On February - 22 death of charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)   

1750  Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71 on February - 22.   

1770  Death of Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution on this day in history.   

1788  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1797  Death of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) on February - 22.   

1799  On February - 22 death of heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750)   

1816  Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 on this day in history.   

1822  On February - 22 johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66   

1824  On this day in history john Davy, composer, dies at 60   

1829  On February - 22 adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53   

1832  On February - 22 death of johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany   

1836  On this day in history john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65   

1838  Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1846  On this day in history carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77   

1849  Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 on February - 22.   

1875  On February - 22 charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77   

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1040  On this day in history birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)   

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English   

1403  Charles VII of France (d. 1461) was born on February - 22.   

1440  On this day in history birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia   

1500  On February - 22 birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)   

1514  On this day in history birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)   

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer   

1573  On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer