Famous Deaths In February - 29
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
0468 Pope Hilarius, calendar reformer, dies (birth date unknown) on this day in history.
1528 On February - 29 death of patrick Hamilton, Scottish protestant martyr, burned at stake
1592 On February - 29 death of alessandro Striggio, Italian composer (b. 1540)
1604 John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604), dies at about 74 on this day in history.
1740 On February - 29 death of pietro Ottoboni, Italian cardinal (b. 1667)
1744 On February - 29 death of john Theophilus Desaguliers, French philosopher (b. 1683)
1820 On February - 29 death of johann Joachim Eschenburg, German literary critic (b. 1743)
1844 On February - 29 thaddaus Weigl, composer, dies at 67
1852 John Landseer, printer/engraver (Royal Academy), dies on this day in history.
1868 [Charles] Louis I [Augustus], King of Bavaria (L Montez), dies at 81 on this day in history.
1880 On February - 29 death of sir James Wilson, Premier of Tasmania (b. 1812, also on 29 February)
1908 Death of Pat Garrett, U.S. gunslinger on this day in history.
1916 Edward H J Keurvels, Flemish conductor/composer (Parisina), dies at 62 on this day in history.
1928 On this day in history adolphe Appia, Swiss set designer/theorist, dies at 65
1932 On this day in history "Big Ed" Morris, pitcher (Boston Red Sox), dies
1940 On February - 29 edward Frederic Benson, novelist, dies
1944 Death of Pehr Evind Svinhufvud, President of Finland (b. 1861) on February - 29.
1956 On this day in history elpidio Quirino, president of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65
1964 On February - 29 frank Albertson, actor (Chico & Man, Room Service), dies at 55
1968 On this day in history death of tore Ørjasæter, Norwegian poet (b. 1886)
1980 On this day in history yigol Alton, Israeli Foreign Minister, dies at 61
1984 Roland Culver, actor (Thunderball), dies of heart problems at 83 on February - 29.
1992 Earl Scheib, CEO (Earl Scheib Auto Paint), dies at 85 on this day in history.
1996 Duncan Stuart Wilson Fighter pilot-MacDonald, dies at 83 on this day in history.
2000 On this day in history death of dennis Danell, American artist (b. 1961)
2020 On this day in history death of Éva Székely, Hungarian swimmer, Olympic champion