Famous Deaths In February - 03

0474  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1014  On February - 03 death of king Sweyn I of Denmark  

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

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

1536  Garcia de Resende, Port writer/publisher (Cancioneiro Geral), dies on February - 03.  

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  On February - 03 paul Melissus, [Paul Schede], German poet/composer, dies at 62  

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 February - 03.  

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

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

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 February - 03 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  Guglielmo Quarenghi, composer, dies at 55 on this day in history.  

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

1890  On this day in history christophorus H D Buys Ballot, Dutch meteorologist, dies at 72  

1900  On February - 03 ottokar Eugen Novacek, composer, dies at 33  

1902  On this day in history 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  On February - 03 birth of giovanni Perluigi da Palestrina, composer  

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

1655  On February - 03 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 February - 03.  

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