Famous Deaths In February - 01

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

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

1248  On this day in history hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  On this day in history louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

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

1502  On this day in history olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies  

1542  On February - 01 death of girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480)  

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  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  On February - 01 alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80  

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

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  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 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 this day in history.  

1768  Death of Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685) on February - 01.  

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

1824  Maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64 on February - 01.  

1832  Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 on February - 01.  

1838  Abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71 on February - 01.  

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

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 February - 01.  

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  Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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

1459  On February - 01 birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

1462  Johannes Trithemius, German cryptographer (d. 1516) was born on this day in history.  

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

1603  On this day in history birth of michael Trumper, composer  

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

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

1635  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)