Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.  

0440  On this day in history death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)  

1133  On this day in history death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)  

1260  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history.  

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

1545  On this day in history death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on this day in history.  

1568  On this day in history miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80  

1589  On this day in history death of saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)  

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1602  Death of Philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558) on February - 19.  

1605  On February - 19 orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54  

1620  On February - 19 death of roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam  

1622  Death of Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549) on this day in history.  

1653  On February - 19 luigi Rossi, composer, dies  

1663  Death of Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603) on this day in history.  

1670  Death of King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609) on this day in history.  

1672  Death of Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) on this day in history.  

1709  Death of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646) on February - 19.  

1716  On this day in history death of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)  

1785  On this day in history johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84  

1789  Death of Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738) on February - 19.  

1790  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47 on February - 19.  

1799  Death of Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733) on this day in history.  

1806  On February - 19 death of elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)  

1815  Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1822  On February - 19 jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78  

1837  Death of Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) on this day in history.  

1858  On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78  

1864  William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on this day in history.  

1873  On February - 19 death of vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837)  

1875  Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on this day in history.  

1878  Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on February - 19.  

1887  On February - 19 eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

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1473  On February - 19 birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)  

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)  

1552  On February - 19 birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)  

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on February - 19.  

1611  On this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.  

1630  On February - 19 birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on this day in history.