Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  On February - 19 d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

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  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on this day in history.  

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on February - 19.  

1553  Erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41 on February - 19.  

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

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

1620  Death of Roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam on this day in history.  

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

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

1663  Death of Adam Adami, German bishop and diplomat (b. 1603) on February - 19.  

1670  On this day in history 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  Death of Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646) on February - 19.  

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

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  On this day in history jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47  

1799  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

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

1837  On February - 19 death of georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813)  

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 this day in history.  

1875  Jean B Vuillaume, French violin maker (octobas), dies at 76 on February - 19.  

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

1887  On this day in history eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66  

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1473  Nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543) was born on this day in history.  

1526  On this day in history 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  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  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  On this day in history birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)