Famous Deaths In February - 01

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

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

1248  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on February - 01.  

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 February - 01.  

1590  On February - 01 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  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  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1694  John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 on this day in history.  

1718  On February - 01 death of charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660)  

1733  On February - 01 august II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62  

1734  Death of John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649) on this day in history.  

1743  Giuseppe Ottavio Pitoni, Italian composer, dies at 85 on February - 01.  

1747  Jacobus E J Capitein, Dutch slave/vicar/merchant, dies on this day in history.  

1761  Death of Pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682) on this day in history.  

1768  On February - 01 death of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)  

1793  On this day in history death of william Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717)  

1795  On February - 01 giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66  

1818  Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

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 February - 01.  

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

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

1850  On February - 01 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  Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 on February - 01.  

1873  On this day in history 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  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on February - 01.  

1603  Michael Trumper, composer was born on this day in history.  

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on February - 01.  

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

1635  Marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689) was born on February - 01.