Famous Deaths In February - 23

0155  Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on this day in history.   

1011  On this day in history death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz   

1100  On February - 23 death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on this day in history.   

1464  Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on February - 23.   

1468  On February - 23 john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies   

1526  On February - 23 diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies   

1554  On February - 23 death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed   

1572  Death of Pierre Certon, French composer on this day in history.   

1603  On this day in history death of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)   

1607  On this day in history herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60   

1669  On this day in history lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68   

1682  Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 on this day in history.   

1704  On February - 23 georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50   

1718  Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 on this day in history.   

1766  On February - 23 stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies   

1781  On this day in history death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)   

1792  Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1800  Death of Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1806  On this day in history john Alcock, composer, dies at 90   

1807  On this day in history francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61   

1821  John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on this day in history.   

1848  John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on this day in history.   

1855  Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on February - 23.   

1859  On this day in history death of zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)   

1867  George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 on February - 23.   

1879  Death of Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) on February - 23.   

1884  Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 on February - 23.   

1897  Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history william Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies   

1902  Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 on February - 23.   

1903  Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57 on February - 23.   

1906  Death of Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed on February - 23.   

1908  Death of Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823) on this day in history.   

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1417  On this day in history birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on February - 23.   

1583  Jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656) was born on February - 23.   

1614  On this day in history birth of jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter   

1615  On this day in history birth of cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised   

1633  On this day in history birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

1646  On February - 23 birth of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709)   

1648  On this day in history birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)