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

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

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

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1666  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1691  Alexander VIII, [Pietro Ottoboni], Italian Pope (1689-91), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1694  On this day in history 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  On this day in history august II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62  

1734  On this day in history death of john Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649)  

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  On this day in history 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 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  On this day in history maria Theresia von Paradis, composer, dies at 64  

1832  Ecco Epkema, Dutch classic linguist (Frisian/Old Frisian), dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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  On February - 01 death of edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln  

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

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

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  On February - 01 birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)  

1459  Conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508) was born on this day in history.  

1462  On this day in history 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 February - 01.  

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

1635  On this day in history birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)