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  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 February - 01.  

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 February - 01 death of menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever)  

1590  Death of Lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator on February - 01.  

1650  On this day in history death of rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking  

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

1669  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 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  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 this day in history.  

1743  On February - 01 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 February - 01 death of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)  

1768  Death of Sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685) on this day in history.  

1793  Death of William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717) on February - 01.  

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

1818  On this day in history giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74  

1824  On this day in history 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 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  Death of Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on this day in history.  

1851  On this day in history mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53  

1869  On February - 01 frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68  

1871  Alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51 on this day in history.  

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

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  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1605  Isaac Aboab de Fonseca, Portuguese/Neth rabbi/mystic was born on this day in history.  

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

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