Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  On February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies  

0619  On February - 03 death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury  

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on this day in history.  

0865  On February - 03 ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies  

1014  On February - 03 death of king Sweyn I of Denmark  

1116  On this day in history death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)  

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on this day in history.  

1428  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)  

1451  Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies on February - 03.  

1468  On February - 03 johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies  

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1536  On February - 03 garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies  

1558  Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies on February - 03.  

1566  On February - 03 death of george Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)  

1602  Paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62 on February - 03.  

1619  On this day in history death of henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564)  

1679  Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 on this day in history.  

1697  On February - 03 sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island  

1715  On February - 03 gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70  

1737  Death of Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648) on this day in history.  

1748  Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49 on February - 03.  

1803  Pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1814  Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75 on February - 03.  

1832  On this day in history george Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77  

1846  Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 on February - 03.  

1862  On February - 03 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

1866  On February - 03 death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)  

1874  Death of Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) on February - 03.  

1875  On this day in history everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66  

1876  On this day in history gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83  

1882  Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

1889  On this day in history death of belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40  

1890  On February - 03 christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72  

1900  Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 on this day in history.  

1902  Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies on this day in history.  

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1338  On February - 03 birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)  

1368  On February - 03 birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)  

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on this day in history.  

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.  

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on February - 03.  

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on February - 03.  

1690  On this day in history birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)  

1721  On February - 03 birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)