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  Hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies on this day in history.  

1294  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

1328  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1650  Death of Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 February - 01 giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74  

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

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

1838  On February - 01 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

1839  Giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 on February - 01.  

1850  Death of Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history.  

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

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

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1261  Walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326) was born on this day in history.  

1459  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer  

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

1633  On this day in history birth of gabriel Schutz, composer  

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