Famous Deaths Happened In February - 19
Saturday, 31 January 2026
0197 D Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle on February - 19. 

0440 Death of Mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362) on this day in history. 

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 February - 19. 

1401 Death of William Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London on this day in history. 

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 this day in history. 

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

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 this day in history. 

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

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

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

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 On February - 19 death of charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) 

1709 On February - 19 death of tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (b. 1646) 

1716 Death of Dorthe Engelbrechtsdatter, Norwegian poet (b. 1634) on February - 19. 

1785 Johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84 on February - 19. 

1789 On February - 19 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 On February - 19 death of elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717) 

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

1822 On February - 19 jeronymo Francisco de Lima, composer, dies at 78 

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

1858 Alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history. 

1864 William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on this day in history. 

1873 On this day in history death of vasil Levski, Bulgarian revolutionary (b. 1837) 

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

1878 On this day in history charles F Daubigny, French restaurateur/painter, dies at 61 

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

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