Famous Deaths In February - 01

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

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

1248  On this day in history 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 February - 01 charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies  

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on February - 01.  

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

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 this day in history.  

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

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

1669  On February - 01 death of abandoned child, Huygens friend poet Catharina Questiers, buried at 31  

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 this day in history.  

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  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on February - 01.  

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

1768  Death of Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685) on February - 01.  

1793  Death of William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717) on February - 01.  

1795  On this day in history giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66  

1818  On this day in history giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74  

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

1832  Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 on February - 01.  

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

1839  On February - 01 giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76  

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

1851  On February - 01 mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53  

1869  On February - 01 frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68  

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

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

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

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.  

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on February - 01.  

1635  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)