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Famous Deaths In February - 27
Thursday, 17 April 2014
1167 On this day in history robert of Melun, English philosopher/bishop of Hereford, dies Share it »
1656 Johan van Heemskerk, Dutch lawyer/writer/interpreter, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1659 Death of Henry Dunster, first President of Harvard College (b. 1609) on this day in history. Share it »
1699 Death of Charles Paulet, 1st Duke of Bolton, English politician (b. c. 1625) on this day in history. Share it »
1706 John Evelyn, diarist, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1720 On this day in history death of samuel Parris, English-born Puritan minister (b. 1653) Share it »
1731 Angelo Predieri, composer, dies at 76 on this day in history. Share it »
1733 On this day in history johann Adam Birkenstock, composer, dies at 46 Share it »
1735 John Arbuthnot, physician/mathematician, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1779 On this day in history jan Nepveu, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1769-79), dies at 59 Share it »
1797 On this day in history benvenuto Robbio San Rafaele, composer, dies at 61 Share it »
1805 Stefan Paluselli, composer, dies at 57 on this day in history. Share it »
1844 On this day in history nicholas Biddle, US lawyer/diplomat/statesman/financier, dies at 85 Share it »
1852 On this day in history joseph Drechsler, composer, dies at 69 Share it »
1862 Gabriele dell' Addolorata, patron of Ital Catholic youth, dies at 23 on this day in history. Share it »
1881 George Colley, British governor of Natal/general, dies in battle at 46 on this day in history. Share it »
1887 Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, Russian composer, dies at 53 on this day in history. Share it »
1892 Death of Louis Vuitton, French luggage maker (b. 1821) on this day in history. Share it »
1913 On this day in history adam Sedgwick, English zoologist (Peripatus), dies at 58 Share it »
1920 On this day in history alexandru D Xenopol, Romanian historian, dies at 72 Share it »
1921 On this day in history schofield Haigh, cricketer (Eng all-rounder 11 Tests 1898-1912), dies Share it »
1923 On this day in history charles Francis Abdy Williams, composer, dies at 67 Share it »
1929 Manuel Manrique de Lara y Berry, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history. Share it »
1932 On this day in history death of william Southam, Canadian newspaper publisher (b. 1843) Share it »
1936 Ivan P Pavlov, Russian physiologist (reflexes, Nobel 1904), dies at 86 on this day in history. Share it »
1939 Nadezjda K Krupskaya, Russian revolutionary/wife of Lenin, dies at 70 on this day in history. Share it »
1940 Peter Behrens, German architect, dies on this day in history. Share it »
1941 On this day in history death of william D. Byron, U.S. Congressman (b. 1895) Share it »
1942 Death of Karel WFM Doorman, Dutch rear-admiral (Java Sea), KIA at 52 on this day in history. Share it »
1943 Death of Kostis Palamas, Greek poet, twice nominated for the Nobel prize (b. 1859) on this day in history. Share it »
1945 HJ Lochtman, Dutch chaplain/resistance fighter, dies in Bergen-Belsen on this day in history. Share it »
1947 On this day in history mackinnon of Mackinnon, cricketer (Tests Eng v Aust 1879), dies at 89 Share it »
1950 Ivan Goll, writer, dies at 58 on this day in history. Share it »
1952 Theodorus Pangalos, Greek general/dictator 1926, dies at 74 on this day in history. Share it »
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