Famous Deaths In February - 01

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  On February - 01 louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies  

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

1563  On this day in history 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  

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

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  Death of William Wildman Shute Barrington, British statesman (b. 1717) on this day in history.  

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on February - 01.  

1818  Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 on this day in history.  

1824  On February - 01 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  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 this day in history.  

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  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  On February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies  

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

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 February - 01.  

1603  On February - 01 birth of michael Trumper, composer  

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 this day in history.