Famous Birthdays In February - 22

1040  On February - 22 birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)  

1403  On this day in history birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English  

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  On this day in history birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)  

1514  On this day in history birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)  

1542  Santino Garsi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1573  On February - 22 birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer  

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

1612  George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol, English statesman (d. 1677) was born on February - 22.  

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1634  On this day in history birth of petrus "Pieter" van Schooten, fortress architect  

1684  William Pulteney, London, statesman (Earl of Bath) was born on this day in history.  

1705  Peter Arctedius, [Artedi], Swedish biologist was born on February - 22.  

1714  On this day in history birth of louis-Georges de Bréquigny, French historian (d. 1795)  

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

1745  Joao de Sousa Carvalho, composer was born on February - 22.  

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

1756  On this day in history birth of georg Friedrich von Martens, German diplomat (d. 1821)  

1761  On February - 22 birth of erik Eriksson Tulindberg, composer  

1761  On February - 22 birth of jacob Kimball, composer  

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

1770  Jan Matyas Nepomuk August Vitasek, composer was born on February - 22.  

1772  Joseph Lipavsky, composer was born on this day in history.  

1772  Karl Jacob Wagner, composer was born on this day in history.  

1773  Matthijs I van Bree, Flemish (court)painter was born on this day in history.  

1778  On this day in history birth of rembrandt Peale, portrait/historical painter (Court of Death)  

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

1788  Arthur Schopenhauer, Germany, philosopher (Great Pessimist) was born on February - 22.  

1796  On February - 22 birth of adolphe Quetelet, Belgium, mathematician/astronomer/statistician  

1796  Alexis Bachelot, French missionary (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.  

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

1798  On this day in history birth of charles Mynn Thruston, Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1873  

1806  Józef Kremer, Polish messianistic philosopher (d. 1875) was born on February - 22.  

1810  Frederic F Chopin, Polish/French pianist/composer [OS] was born on February - 22.  

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0606  On this day in history sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies  

0965  Death of Odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) on this day in history.  

1071  Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1078  On this day in history johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies  

1111  Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on February - 22.  

1213  On this day in history wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies  

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on February - 22.