Famous Deaths Happened In February - 01
Sunday, 08 February 2026
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 February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies 

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

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

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 On this day in history death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) 

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. 

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

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 February - 01. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

1824 On this day in history 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 On February - 01 giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76 

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

1851 Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 on February - 01. 

1869 Frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68 on February - 01. 

1871 On February - 01 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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