0644 On this day in history death of umar ibn al-KhattÄb, Second caliph of Islam 

0739 Willibrord, [Clemens], 1st bishop of Utrecht/saint 695-739, dies at 81 on this day in history. 

1225 Death of Engelbert I, the Saint, archbishop of Cologne, murdered at 40 on this day in history. 

1550 Death of Jon Arason, the last Roman Catholic bishop of Iceland prior to the reformation, beheaded in Skalholt with his two sons Are and Bjorn. (b. 1484) on this day in history. 

1560 Peter S Lotichius, [Peter Lotz], German poet (Opera omnia), dies on this day in history. 

1573 On this day in history solomon Luria (Maharshal), talmudic author (Yam Shel Shelomo), dies 

1581 Death of Richard Davies, Welsh bishop and scholar on this day in history. 

1599 Death of Gasparo Tagliacozzi, Italian surgeon (b. 1546) on this day in history. 
