Famous Deaths In February - 01

0656  On February - 01 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 February - 01 hendrik II, duke of Brabant (1235-48), dies  

1294  Louis II, the Stern, ruler of Upper-Bayern, dies on this day in history.  

1328  On this day in history 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  Death of Girolamo Aleandro, Italian Catholic cardinal (b. 1480) on this day in history.  

1563  Death of Menas, Emperor of Ethiopia (died of fever) on this day in history.  

1590  On this day in history death of lawrence Humphrey,English clergyman and educator  

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 February - 01.  

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 February - 01.  

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 this day in history.  

1733  On this day in history august II, the Strong, King of Poland (355 children), dies at 62  

1734  Death of John Floyer, English physician and writer (b. 1649) on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history death of pierre François Xavier de Charlevoix, French historian (b. 1682)  

1768  On this day in history death of sir Robert Rich, 4th Baronet, British cavalry officer (b. 1685)  

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

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

1818  Giuseppi Gazzaniga, composer, dies at 74 on February - 01.  

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 February - 01 abraham de Veer, Dutch gov-gen of Suriname (1822-28), dies at 71  

1839  On February - 01 giuseppe Valadier, Italian architect/archaeologist, dies at 76  

1850  Death of Edward Baker Lincoln, son of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln on February - 01.  

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

1869  On this day in history 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 February - 01 matthew Maury, hydrographer, dies  

1875  On this day in history william Sterndale Bennett, composer, dies at 58  

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1261  On this day in history birth of walter de Stapledon, English bishop (d. 1326)  

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  On this day in history birth of edward Coke, Mileham Norfolk, jurist/politician (defended common law)  

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