Famous Deaths In February - 03

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

0619  On this day in history 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  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on February - 03.  

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

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

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  On this day in history johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies  

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

1558  On this day in history 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  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  Gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history.  

1737  On February - 03 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  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  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  Death of Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) on this day in history.  

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

1889  On February - 03 death of belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40  

1890  Christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72 on this day in history.  

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

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

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1338  Jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378) was born on this day in history.  

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

1525  On this day in history birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

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