Famous Deaths Happened In February - 04
Friday, 16 January 2026
0211 Lucius Septimus Severus, emperor of Rome (193-211), dies at 64 on February - 04. 

0708 On February - 04 sisinnius, Greek-Syrian pope (708, 20 days), dies 

0856 On this day in history hrabanus Maurus, East France, archbishop of Mainz, dies 

0869 Death of Saint Cyril, Greek missionary to the Slavs (b. 827) on this day in history. 

1189 On February - 04 gilbert of Sempringham, English monastery founder/saint, dies 

1222 Willem I, earl of Holland (1203-22), dies on this day in history. 

1503 On this day in history queen Elizabeth, consort of Henry VII of England, dies 

1505 Joan of Valois, Queen of France/saint, dies at 40 on February - 04. 

1508 On this day in history death of conrad Celtes, German humanist scholar (b. 1459) 

1553 On this day in history caspar Othmayr, composer, dies at 37 

1590 On February - 04 gioseffo Zarlino, composer, dies at 73 

1615 On February - 04 death of dom Justo Takayama, Japanese warlord (b. 1552) 

1617 On this day in history louis Elsevier, Dutch publisher, dies at about 76 

1640 Hendrick C Vroom, Dutch seascape painter, dies on February - 04. 

1694 Death of Nataliya Kyrillovna Naryshkina, Tsaritsa of Russia (b. 1651) on this day in history. 

1714 On February - 04 duke of Berry, French King Louis XIV's grandson, dies 

1746 Robert Blair, Scottish poet (Grave), dies at 46 on this day in history. 

1774 Death of Charles Marie de La Condamine, French mathematician and geographer (b. 1701) on this day in history. 

1781 Josef Myslivecek, composer, dies at 43 on February - 04. 

1799 On this day in history death of Étienne-Louis Boullée, French architect (b. 1728) 

1815 On February - 04 geert Reinders, Dutch cattle breeder/inoculation proponent, dies at 77 

1816 Meingosus Gaelle, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history. 

1834 On February - 04 amelie Julia Candielle, composer, dies at 66 

1844 Willem de Clerq, Dutch merchant/literary, dies at 49 on February - 04. 

1854 On this day in history carl Ludwig Cornelius Westenholz, composer, dies at 66 

1869 On February - 04 johan M Dautzenberg, Flemish author/novelist (Future), dies at 60 

1894 Antoine J "Adolphe" Sax, instrument maker (saxophone), dies at 79 on this day in history. 

1895 On this day in history faustina Hasse Hodges, composer, dies at 71 

1896 On February - 04 henry David Leslie, composer, dies at 73 

1905 On this day in history death of louis-Ernest Barrias, French sculptor (b. 1841) 

1911 Peter A "Piet" Cronje, South Africa Boer general, dies at about 75 on February - 04. 

1921 Xavier Mellery, Belgian painter/illustrator, dies at 75 on February - 04. 

1927 On February - 04 thomas Linnemann Laub, composer, dies at 74 

1928 Hendrik A Lorentz, physicist (L transformation-Nobel 1902), dies at 74 on February - 04. 

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