Famous Deaths In February - 01

0656  Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history.  

1204  Death of Alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered on this day in history.  

1248  On this day in history hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  On February - 01 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  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on February - 01.  

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

1563  On February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)  

1590  On this day in history death of lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator  

1650  On this day in history death of rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking  

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1666  Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies on this day in history.  

1669  On this day in history death of abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31  

1691  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 on February - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1734  Death of John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649) on February - 01.  

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on this day in history.  

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

1761  On this day in history death of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)  

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 February - 01.  

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

1824  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history.  

1832  Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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

1839  Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1850  On this day in history death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln  

1851  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68  

1871  On this day in history alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51  

1873  Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies on February - 01.  

1875  William Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58 on February - 01.  

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on February - 01.  

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  On this day in history birth of johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516)  

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

1603  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer  

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on this day in history.