Famous Deaths Happened In February - 22
Thursday, 06 November 2025
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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