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  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  Charles IV, the Handsome, King of France (1322-28), dies on February - 01.  

1502  Olivier de la Marche, Flemish writer/poet/governor, dies on February - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1650  Death of Rene Descartes, philosopher "I think therefore I am", stops thinking on February - 01.  

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

1669  On February - 01 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  John L baron van Elderen, 63rd bishop of Liege (1688-94), dies at 73 on February - 01.  

1718  Death of Charles Talbot, 1st Duke of Shrewsbury, English politician (b. 1660) on February - 01.  

1733  August II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62 on February - 01.  

1734  On this day in history 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 February - 01 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 this day in history.  

1795  Giacomo Insanguine, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.  

1818  On February - 01 giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74  

1824  On this day in history 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  On this day in history abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

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  Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, novelist (Frankenstein), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1869  On this day in history frederik W Conrad, hydraulic engineer/railway pioneer, dies at 68  

1871  On this day in history alexander Nikoleyevich Serov, composer, dies at 51  

1873  Matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies on February - 01.  

1875  On February - 01 william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58  

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

1459  On this day in history birth of conrad Celtes, German scholar (d. 1508)  

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 February - 01.  

1603  On this day in history 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  On February - 01 birth of marquard Gude, German archaeologist (d. 1689)