Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19.  

0440  On February - 19 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 this day in history.  

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

1568  On this day in history miles Coverdale, translator (1st complete English Bible), dies at 80  

1589  Death of Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522) on February - 19.  

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1602  On February - 19 death of philippe Emmanuel, Duke of Mercoeur, French soldier (b. 1558)  

1605  On February - 19 orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54  

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 February - 19.  

1653  Luigi Rossi, composer, dies on February - 19.  

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

1670  Death of King Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609) on February - 19.  

1672  On February - 19 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 February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

1790  On February - 19 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 February - 19.  

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

1822  Jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.  

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

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  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 February - 19.  

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1473  On this day in history birth of nicolaus Copernicus, Polish mathematician and astronomer (d. 1543)  

1526  On this day in history birth of charles de L'Ecluse, Flemish botanist (d. 1609)  

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 this day in history birth of andries de Graeff, mayor of Amsterdam (1657..71)  

1616  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on February - 19.  

1630  Shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.  

1660  Friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742) was born on February - 19.