Famous Deaths Happened In February - 05
Friday, 02 January 2026
0995 On this day in history death of william IV, Duke of Aquitaine (b. 937) 

1520 On February - 05 death of sten Sture the Younger, regent of Sweden (b. 1493) 

1578 Giovanni B Moroni, Italian portrait painter, dies on this day in history. 

1591 On this day in history gerard de Jode, Flemish publisher, dies 

1658 On February - 05 maria Margaretha van Angels, Dutch prioress at Oirschot, dies at 52 

1679 Joost van den Vondel, Dutch poet (Gysbreght van Aemstel), dies at 91 on this day in history. 

1705 On February - 05 jean Gilles, composer, dies at 37 

1721 On this day in history james Stanhope 1st earl of Stanhope, English general, dies at 47 

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

1745 Coelestin Praelisauer, composer, dies at 49 on February - 05. 

1754 Nicolaas S Cruquius, hydraulic engineer, (Haarlemmermeer), dies at 75 on this day in history. 

1758 On February - 05 bernhard Christian Weber, composer, dies at 45 

1766 On February - 05 death of leopold Josef Graf Daun, Austrian field marshal (b. 1705) 

1775 On this day in history death of eusebius Amort, German Catholic theologian (b. 1692) 

1790 Death of William Cullen, Scottish physician and chemist (b. 1710) on February - 05. 

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

1812 On February - 05 franz Schneider, composer, dies at 74 

1822 On February - 05 ali Pasha of Janina, (Napoleon, Lord Byron), dies at about 77 

1825 Pierre Gaveaux, composer, dies at 64 on February - 05. 

1831 On this day in history death of john CJ van Speijk, commits suicide at 29 

1838 On February - 05 philippe Libon, composer, dies at 62 

1867 On this day in history salomon Munk, published Arabic edition of Maimounides, dies 

1881 On this day in history thomas Carlyle, historian/essayist, dies in London at 85 

1888 On this day in history anton Mauve, Dutch painter/cousin of Vincent Van Gogh, dies at 49 

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 Ludwig Thuille, composer, dies at 45 on this day in history. 

1911 On this day in history petrus A Cronjé, Transvaal Boer general, dies 

1915 Death of Ross Barnes, baseball player (b. 1850) on this day in history. 

1917 Paul Rubens, composer, dies at 41 on February - 05. 

1919 Vasili V Rozanov, Russian philosopher/writer, dies at 62 on this day in history. 

1922 On February - 05 james William Tate, composer, dies at 46 

1924 Alexis Hollander, composer, dies at 83 on this day in history. 

1926 Andre Gedalge, composer, dies at 69 on this day in history. 

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