Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  On February - 03 leo I, Byzantine Emperor (457-74), dies  

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

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on this day in history.  

0865  On February - 03 ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies  

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on February - 03.  

1116  Death of King Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070) on this day in history.  

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

1428  On this day in history death of ashikaga Yoshimochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1386)  

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

1468  Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies on this day in history.  

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

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 this day in history paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62  

1619  On this day in history death of henry Brooke, 11th Baron Cobham, English conspirator (b. 1564)  

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 February - 03.  

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

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

1862  On February - 03 jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87  

1866  Death of François-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809) on February - 03.  

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

1875  Everhardus J Potgieter, writer (Liedekens van Bontekoe), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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  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 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  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.  

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

1677  Jan Santini Aichel, Czech architect (d. 1723) was born on February - 03.  

1690  On this day in history birth of richard Rawlinson, English minister (d. 1755)  

1721  On February - 03 birth of friedrich Wilhelm von Seydlitz, Prussian general (d. 1773)