Famous Deaths Happened In February - 05
Thursday, 15 January 2026
0995 On this day in history death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) 

1520 Death of Sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) on February - 05. 

1578 Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on February - 05. 

1591 Gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies on this day in history. 

1658 On this day in history maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 

1679 On this day in history joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 

1705 Jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 on this day in history. 

1721 James Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 on this day in history. 

1738 On February - 05 georg Reidel, composer, dies at 61 

1745 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 on this day in history. 

1754 Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75 on February - 05. 

1758 Bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1766 Death of Leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) on this day in history. 

1775 On February - 05 death of eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) 

1790 Death of William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710) on this day in history. 

1807 On February - 05 pasquale Paoli, Corsican freedom fighter, dies at 80 

1812 Franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74 on February - 05. 

1822 Ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 on February - 05. 

1825 Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 on this day in history. 

1831 On February - 05 death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 

1838 On this day in history philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 

1867 Salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies on February - 05. 

1881 Thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 on February - 05. 

1888 Anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 on February - 05. 

1892 On this day in history death of emilie Flygare-Carlén, Swedish novelist (b. 1807) 

1897 On February - 05 hoss Radbourn, pitcher won 60 games in 1884, dies at 42 

1907 On this day in history ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 

1911 Petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies on February - 05. 

1915 Death of Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) on February - 05. 

1917 On this day in history paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 

1919 On this day in history vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62 

1922 James William Tate, composer, dies at 46 on February - 05. 

1924 On February - 05 alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83 

1926 Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69 on February - 05. 

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