Famous Deaths Happened In February - 01
Sunday, 26 October 2025
0656 Sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25 on this day in history. 

1204 On February - 01 death of alexius IV Angelus, regent of Byzantium (1203-04), murdered 

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

1294 Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on February - 01. 

1328 On February - 01 charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies 

1502 On February - 01 olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies 

1542 Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history. 

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 Death of Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking on February - 01. 

1666 Sjihab al-Din Sultan C Shah Djahan, mogol of India (Taj-Mahal), dies on February - 01. 

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 this day in history john L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 

1718 On this day in history death of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660) 

1733 August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on February - 01. 

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

1743 On this day in history giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 

1747 On February - 01 jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies 

1761 On February - 01 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 this day in history. 

1818 Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 on February - 01. 

1824 On February - 01 maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 

1832 On this day in history ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 

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

1851 On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 

1869 Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on this day in history. 

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

1873 On February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies 

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

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