Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  Leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies on this day in history.  

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

0699  On February - 03 death of saint Werburgh  

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

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

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  Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies on this day in history.  

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

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1536  Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies on this day in history.  

1558  Alfonsus de Castro, Spanish theologist (council of Trente), dies on this day in history.  

1566  Death of George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) on February - 03.  

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

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

1679  On February - 03 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 this day in history.  

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 February - 03.  

1814  On this day in history johann Antonin Kozeluch, composer, dies at 75  

1832  On February - 03 george Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77  

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

1862  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

1866  On this day in history death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)  

1874  On February - 03 death of lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835)  

1875  Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 on February - 03.  

1876  On February - 03 gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83  

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

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 this day in history.  

1900  On February - 03 ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33  

1902  Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies on February - 03.  

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1338  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on February - 03.  

1368  Charles VI, King of France (1380-1422) was born on this day in history.  

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

1648  On February - 03 birth of louis Bouteiller, composer  

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on this day in history.  

1677  On February - 03 birth of jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723)  

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

1721  Friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773) was born on February - 03.