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Famous Deaths In February - 22

Wednesday, 22 May 2013

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

1076 Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26] on this day in history.

1078 Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on this day in history.

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

1213 On this day in history wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies

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

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

1512 On this day in history amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60

1627 On this day in history death of olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)

1674 John Wilson, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.

1680 On this day in history death of catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640)

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 this day in history.

1727 Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.

1731 On this day in history frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92

1732 On this day in history death of francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663)

1742 Death of Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) on this day in history.

1750 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.

1770 On this day in history death of christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution

1788 On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63

1797 Death of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) on this day in history.

1799 Death of Heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750) on this day in history.

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

1822 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.

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

1829 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53 on this day in history.

1832 On this day in history 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 Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.

1849 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.

1875 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on this day in history.

1878 On this day in history franz Hunten, composer, dies at 84

1890 Death of John Jacob Astor III, American businessman (b. 1822) on this day in history.

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Famous People Born On This Day In History

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

1403 On this day in history birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English

1403 On this day in history birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)

1440 Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia was born on this day in history.

1500 On this day in history 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 Santino Garsi, composer was born on this day in history.

1573 Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on this day in history.