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  On this day in history death of saint Werburgh  

0865  Ansgar/Anscharius/Oskar, German 1st (arch)bishop of Hamburg/saint, dies on February - 03.  

1014  Death of King Sweyn I of Denmark on this day in history.  

1116  On this day in history death of king Coloman of Hungary (b. 1070)  

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

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

1451  Murad II, sultan of Turkey (1421-51), dies on February - 03.  

1468  Johann Gensfleisch Gutenberg, printer, dies on February - 03.  

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  Death of George Cassander, Flemish theologian (b. 1513) on February - 03.  

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  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  Death of Tommaso Ceva, Italian Mathematician (b. 1648) on February - 03.  

1748  On this day in history henri Madin, composer, dies at 49  

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  George Crabbe, English vicar/poet (Borough), dies at 77 on February - 03.  

1846  Joseph Weigl, Austria composer/conductor (Waisenhaus), dies at 79 on February - 03.  

1862  Jean-Baptiste Biot, French physicist/astronomer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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 February - 03.  

1876  Gino Capponi, Italian marquis/literary/premier of Toscane, dies at 83 on this day in history.  

1882  On this day in history guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55  

1889  Death of Belle Starr, US female gangster, murdered at 40 on this day in history.  

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 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 February - 03.  

1368  On this day in history birth of charles VI, King of France (1380-1422)  

1525  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer  

1648  Louis Bouteiller, composer was born on February - 03.  

1655  Francois Fagel, Dutch fieldmarshal, baptized was born on February - 03.  

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 February - 03.  

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