Famous Deaths In February - 01

0656  On February - 01 sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25  

1204  On this day in history death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered  

1248  On February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

1328  On this day in history charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies  

1502  On this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.  

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.  

1590  Death of Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator on February - 01.  

1650  On February - 01 death of rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking  

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1666  On February - 01 sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies  

1669  Death of Abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31 on February - 01.  

1691  On February - 01 alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80  

1694  On February - 01 john L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73  

1718  Death of Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660) on February - 01.  

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1734  On February - 01 death of john Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)  

1743  On February - 01 giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85  

1747  On this day in history jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies  

1761  Death of Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682) on February - 01.  

1768  On this day in history death of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)  

1793  On February - 01 death of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)  

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1818  On February - 01 giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74  

1824  On this day in history maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64  

1832  On February - 01 ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71  

1838  Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

1839  On this day in history giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76  

1850  Death of Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on February - 01.  

1851  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 on February - 01.  

1869  Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on February - 01.  

1871  Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

1873  On February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies  

1875  On February - 01 william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58  

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1261  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)  

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  On February - 01 birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

1552  On February - 01 birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on February - 01.  

1605  On February - 01 birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

1633  On February - 01 birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

1635  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)