Famous Deaths In February - 03

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

0619  On this day in history death of laurence of Canterbury, 2nd Archbishop of Canterbury  

0699  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.  

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

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

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 this day in history 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  On February - 03 garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies  

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

1566  On this day in history death of george Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513)  

1602  On February - 03 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 this day in history jan Havicksz Steen, Dutch painter (St Nicolas Feast), dies at 53  

1697  On February - 03 sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island  

1715  On February - 03 gottfried Vopelius, composer, dies at 70  

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  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 this day in history.  

1832  George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77 on this day in history.  

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

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

1866  On February - 03 death of françois-Xavier Garneau, French Canadian poet and historian (b. 1809)  

1874  Death of Lunalilo, Hawaiian monarch (b. 1835) on February - 03.  

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  On this day in history 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  Isaac Fransen van der Putten, Dutch PM (1866), dies on this day in history.  

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1338  On February - 03 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  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer  

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

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

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