Famous Deaths In February - 19

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

0440  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

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  Death of Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522) on this day in history.  

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1602  On this day in history death of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)  

1605  On this day in history orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54  

1620  Death of Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on February - 19.  

1622  On this day in history death of sir Henry Savile, English educator (b. 1549)  

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 this day in history.  

1672  Death of Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) on February - 19.  

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

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

1785  On February - 19 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  On February - 19 jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47  

1799  On February - 19 death of jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733)  

1806  Death of Elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717) on February - 19.  

1815  On February - 19 leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47  

1822  Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78 on February - 19.  

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  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  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  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 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 this day in history.  

1611  Andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71) was born on this day in history.  

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 February - 19.