Famous Birthdays In February - 22

1040  Rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105) was born on February - 22.  

1403  Charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English was born on February - 22.  

1403  Charles VII of France (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.  

1440  On February - 22 birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia  

1500  Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564) was born on this day in history.  

1514  Tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah) was born on this day in history.  

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer  

1573  On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer  

1599  On this day in history birth of anthony Van Dyck, Antwerp Belgium, painter  

1612  On this day in history birth of george Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677)  

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1634  Petrus "Pieter" van Schooten, fortress architect was born on this day in history.  

1684  On this day in history birth of william Pulteney, London, statesman (Earl of Bath)  

1705  On February - 22 birth of peter Arctedius, [Artedi], Swedish biologist  

1714  Louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795) was born on February - 22.  

1732  George Washington, Virginia, 1st pres (1789-97) was born on February - 22.  

1745  On February - 22 birth of joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer  

1749  On this day in history birth of johann Nikolaus Forkel, musicologist/1st biographer of Bach  

1756  Georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821) was born on February - 22.  

1761  Erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer was born on this day in history.  

1761  Jacob Kimball, composer was born on February - 22.  

1764  Alexander Campbell, composer was born on February - 22.  

1770  Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer was born on this day in history.  

1772  Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born on February - 22.  

1772  On this day in history birth of karl Jacob Wagner, composer  

1773  On this day in history birth of matthijs I van Bree, Flemish (court)painter  

1778  On February - 22 birth of rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter (Court of Death)  

1779  On this day in history birth of joachim Nicolas Eggert, composer  

1788  On this day in history birth of arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist)  

1796  Adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician was born on this day in history.  

1796  Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837) was born on February - 22.  

1797  William I, Berlin, King of Prussia (1861-88)/German Emperor (1871-88) was born on February - 22.  

1798  Charles Mynn Thruston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1873 was born on February - 22.  

1806  Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875) was born on this day in history.  

1810  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer [OS] was born on this day in history.  

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0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on this day in history.  

0965  On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)  

1071  On February - 22 arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle  

1076  On this day in history death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]  

1078  On February - 22 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  On February - 22 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46