Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on February - 03.  

0619  On this day in history death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury  

0699  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh  

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on this day in history.  

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on this day in history.  

1116  On February - 03 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 February - 03 death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)  

1451  On February - 03 murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies  

1468  Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies on February - 03.  

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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  On February - 03 paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62  

1619  Death of Henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564) on February - 03.  

1679  Jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 on February - 03.  

1697  On this day in history sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island  

1715  Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1737  Death of Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648) on February - 03.  

1748  On this day in history henri Madin, composer, dies at 49  

1803  On this day in history pedro R de Campomanes, Spanish economist/lawyer/literary, dies at 79  

1814  Johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75 on this day in history.  

1832  George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1846  Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 on this day in history.  

1862  Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on February - 03.  

1866  On this day in history 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 February - 03 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  On February - 03 guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55  

1889  Death of Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40 on this day in history.  

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  On February - 03 isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies  

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

1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)  

1525  Giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer was born on February - 03.  

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on this day in history.  

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

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on this day in history.  

1690  Richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755) was born on February - 03.  

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on this day in history.