Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

0440  Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on February - 19.  

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

1260  Boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies on this day in history.  

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

1414  On this day in history 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  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  On February - 19 death of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)  

1605  Orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54 on February - 19.  

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

1622  Death of Sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549) on February - 19.  

1653  Luigi Rossi, composer, dies on this day in history.  

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 February - 19.  

1672  On this day in history death of charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592)  

1709  On this day in history death of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646)  

1716  Death of Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) on this day in history.  

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

1789  On this day in history death of nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)  

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  Death of Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717) on this day in history.  

1815  Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47 on February - 19.  

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

1864  On this day in history william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies  

1873  On this day in history 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  On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61  

1887  On this day in history 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 February - 19 birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)  

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 this day in history 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 February - 19.  

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