Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  On this day in history leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies  

0619  Death of Laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury on this day in history.  

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.  

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  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on this day in history.  

1399  On February - 03 john of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58  

1428  Death of Ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386) on February - 03.  

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

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 February - 03.  

1566  Death of George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) on this day in history.  

1602  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1697  Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island on February - 03.  

1715  On this day in history gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70  

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

1748  Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history.  

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

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  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 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  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 this day in history.  

1882  On February - 03 guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55  

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

1890  On this day in history 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 February - 03.  

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1338  On this day in history birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)  

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

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

1648  On this day in history birth of louis Bouteiller, composer  

1655  On this day in history birth of francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized  

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

1690  On February - 03 birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)  

1721  On this day in history birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)