Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  On February - 19 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 this day in history.  

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

1260  On this day in history 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 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  Miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80 on this day in history.  

1589  On February - 19 death of saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522)  

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

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

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

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

1653  On this day in history luigi Rossi, composer, dies  

1663  On February - 19 death of adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603)  

1670  On February - 19 death of king Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)  

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

1785  Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84 on this day in history.  

1789  Death of Nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

1815  On this day in history leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47  

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

1837  On this day in history death of georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)  

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

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 February - 19 jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76  

1878  Charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 on this day in history.  

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 February - 19.  

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history birth of jacques de Saint-Luc, composer  

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

1660  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)