Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1133  On February - 19 death of irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066)  

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on February - 19.  

1401  On this day in history death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

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

1545  On February - 19 death of pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death  

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41  

1568  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on February - 19.  

1589  On February - 19 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 this day in history 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  Luigi Rossi, composer, dies on February - 19.  

1663  On this day in history death of adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)  

1670  Death of King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609) on February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1716  On February - 19 death of dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634)  

1785  Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84 on February - 19.  

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  On February - 19 leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47  

1822  On this day in history jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78  

1837  Death of Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) on February - 19.  

1858  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

1864  On February - 19 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies  

1873  Death of Vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837) on February - 19.  

1875  On this day in history jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76  

1878  On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61  

1887  Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on this day in history.  

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on February - 19.  

1526  Charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609) was born on this day in history.  

1552  On this day in history birth of melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630)  

1588  On February - 19 birth of pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies  

1611  On February - 19 birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

1616  On February - 19 birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.