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  Death of Saint Werburgh on February - 03.  

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  On this day in history death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)  

1399  John of Ghent, duke of Lancaster/king of Castile & Leon, dies at 58 on February - 03.  

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 this day in history.  

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1536  On this day in history 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  Death of George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) on this day in history.  

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

1619  On February - 03 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  Sjoucke Gabbes, Frisian sailor, dies/buried on Dirk-Hartog Island on this day in history.  

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

1737  On February - 03 death of tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648)  

1748  Henri Madin, composer, dies at 49 on February - 03.  

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

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

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  Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on February - 03.  

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  On this day in history gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83  

1882  Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55 on February - 03.  

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

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1338  On February - 03 birth of jeanne de Bourbon, wife of Charles V of France (d. 1378)  

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

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

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

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

1677  On this day in history 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.