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  Death of Irene Ducaena, wife of Alexius I Comnenus (b. 1066) on February - 19.  

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

1401  Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on February - 19.  

1414  Thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies on February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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  On this day in history luigi Rossi, composer, dies  

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

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

1815  Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

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

1837  Death of Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) on this day in history.  

1858  Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on February - 19.  

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 February - 19 charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61  

1887  On February - 19 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 February - 19.  

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

1552  Melchior Klesl, Austrian cardinal and statesman (d. 1630) was born on February - 19.  

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  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)