Famous Deaths In February - 01

0656  On this day in history sigebert III, king of Austrasia, dies at about 25  

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 February - 01.  

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

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 this day in history.  

1542  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on February - 01.  

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  

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

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

1691  On this day in history 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 February - 01.  

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  On February - 01 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  Death of Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

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

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 this day in history frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68  

1871  On February - 01 alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51  

1873  On this day in history matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies  

1875  On this day in history william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58  

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1261  On this day in history 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 February - 01.  

1552  Edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law) was born on this day in history.  

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

1605  On this day in history birth of isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic  

1633  Gabriel Schutz, composer was born on this day in history.  

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