Famous Deaths In February - 02

0672  Death of Saint Chad on February - 02.  

1032  Rudolf III, last independent king of Bourgundy, dies on this day in history.  

1124  On February - 02 death of bořivoj II of Bohemia  

1218  On February - 02 death of konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (b. 1186)  

1250  On February - 02 death of eric XI of Sweden (b. 1216)  

1435  Johanna II, lawless Queen of Naples (1414-35), dies at 61 on this day in history.  

1461  On February - 02 death of owen Tudor, Welsh founder of the Tudor dynasty of England  

1491  On this day in history martin Schongauer, German painter, dies at 40  

1529  On February - 02 death of baldassare Castiglione, Italian writer (b. 1478)  

1540  Death of George Schenck van Toutenburg, gov/viceroy of Frisia/Groningen on February - 02.  

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1563  On this day in history hans Neusiedler, Hungarian/German luitist/author, dies at approx 54  

1580  Death of Bessho Nagaharu, Japanese retainer (b. 1558) on this day in history.  

1594  On February - 02 giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, Italian composer, dies at 68  

1597  On February - 02 death of lucas van Valckenborch, Flemish painter, buried at about 61  

1648  On February - 02 death of george Abbot, English writer  

1660  Govert Flinck, Dutch painter (Isaac blesses Jacob), dies at 45 on February - 02.  

1661  Death of Lucas Holstenius, German humanist (b. 1596) on this day in history.  

1673  Kaspar Forster, composer, dies at 56 on February - 02.  

1685  On February - 02 charles II, King of England/Scotland/Ireland (1660-85), dies at 54  

1688  On this day in history death of abraham Duquesne, French naval officer (b. 1610)  

1704  On February - 02 guillaume F A de l'Hospital, French mathematician, dies at about 62  

1712  On this day in history death of martin Lister, English naturalist and physician  

1714  On February - 02 death of john Sharp, English Archbishop of York (b. 1643)  

1723  On February - 02 antonio M Valsalva, Italian anatomist, dies at 66  

1750  Johann Graf, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1768  On February - 02 death of robert Smith, English mathematician (b. 1689)  

1769  Clement XIII, [Carlo Rezzonico], Pope (1758-69), dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1779  Georg Philipp Kress, composer, dies at 59 on this day in history.  

1789  Armand-Louis Couperin, Fren composer/organist (Notre Dame), dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1793  William Aiton, English botanist (Kew Gardens), dies at 61 on February - 02.  

1802  Death of Welbore Ellis, 1st Baron Mendip, British statesman (b. 1713) on this day in history.  

1804  Caesar Rodney, US judge (signed Declar of Independence), dies at 62 on this day in history.  

1822  On February - 02 jean-Baptiste Davaux, composer, dies at 79  

1827  Johann Nepomuk Kalcher, composer, dies at 62 on this day in history.  

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1208  James I of Aragon (d. 1276) was born on February - 02.  

1455  King John of Denmark (d. 1513) was born on February - 02.  

1494  Bona Sforza, queen of Sigismund I of Poland (d. 1557) was born on February - 02.  

1502  Damião de Góis, Portuguese philosopher (d. 1574) was born on this day in history.  

1506  On this day in history birth of rené de Birague, French cardinal and chancellor (d. 1583)  

1522  On February - 02 birth of lodovico Ferrari, Italian mathematician (d. 1565)  

1583  On February - 02 birth of anna Roemers Visscher, Dutch poetess  

1595  Jacob van Campen, painter/architect (New Church, Amsterdam) was born on February - 02.