Famous Deaths Happened In February - 03
Thursday, 01 January 2026
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 Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03. 

0865 Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on February - 03. 

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

1116 Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on February - 03. 

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

1428 Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on this day in history. 

1451 On this day in history murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies 

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

1536 Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies on February - 03. 

1558 On February - 03 alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies 

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 On February - 03 death of henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564) 

1679 On this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53 

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

1715 Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70 on February - 03. 

1737 On this day in history death of tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648) 

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

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

1814 On February - 03 johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75 

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

1846 On this day in history joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 

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

1866 Death of François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809) on this day in history. 

1874 On this day in history death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) 

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

1876 Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 on February - 03. 

1882 On this day in history guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55 

1889 Death of Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40 on February - 03. 

1890 Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 on February - 03. 

1900 Ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33 on February - 03. 

1902 On this day in history isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies 

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