Famous Deaths In February - 19

0197  On this day in history d Clodius Septimus Albinus, Roman bequest in England, dies in battle  

0440  On February - 19 death of mesrop Mashtots, Armenian monk, theologian and linguist (b. 361/362)  

1133  On this day in history 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 February - 19.  

1545  Death of Pierre Brully, [Peter Brulius], calvinist minister, burned to death on this day in history.  

1553  On this day in history erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41  

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 this day in history.  

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

1605  On this day in history orazio Tiberio Vecchi, composer, dies at 54  

1620  On this day in history death of roemer P Visscher, poet, buried in Amsterdam  

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

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

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 this day in history.  

1672  Death of Charles Chauncy, English-born president of Harvard College (b. 1592) on February - 19.  

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  On this day in history johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84  

1789  On this day in history death of nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)  

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 February - 19.  

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 this day in history.  

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

1858  On February - 19 alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78  

1864  On February - 19 william Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies  

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

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 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 February - 19.  

1526  On February - 19 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 this day in history 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  Jacques de Saint-Luc, composer was born on this day in history.  

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)