Famous Deaths In February - 19

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

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 February - 19.  

1260  On this day in history boniface, of Lausanne, Belgian bishop/saint, dies  

1401  On February - 19 death of william Sawtree, 1st English religious martyr, burned in London  

1414  On February - 19 thomas Arundel, archbishop of Canterbury/chancellor of England, dies  

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

1553  On February - 19 erasmus Reinhold, German mathematician, dies at 41  

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

1589  Death of Saint Philothei, Orthodox martyr and Patron of Athens (b. 1522) on this day in history.  

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

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

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

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

1670  On February - 19 death of king Frederick III of Denmark (b. 1609)  

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 this day in history.  

1785  On this day in history johann Christoph Richter, composer, dies at 84  

1789  On February - 19 death of nicholas Van Dyke, American lawyer and President of Delaware (b. 1738)  

1790  Jean-Baptiste Krumphultz, composer, dies at 47 on this day in history.  

1799  Death of Jean-Charles de Borda, French mathematician, physicist, political scientist, and sailor (b. 1733) on this day in history.  

1806  On this day in history death of elizabeth Carter, English writer (b. 1717)  

1815  Leonhard von Call, composer, dies at 47 on February - 19.  

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

1837  Death of Georg Büchner, German playwright (b. 1813) on February - 19.  

1858  On this day in history alois Basil Nikolaus Tomasini, composer, dies at 78  

1864  William Edwin Baldwin, US Confederate brig-general, dies on February - 19.  

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

1887  Eduard Douwes Dekker, Dutch writer (Max Havelaar), dies at 66 on February - 19.  

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1473  On February - 19 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 this day in history.  

1588  Pieter de Carpentier, Flemish gov-gen of Dutch East-Indies was born on this day in history.  

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  On this day in history birth of shivaji, founder of the Maratha Empire (d. 1680)  

1660  On February - 19 birth of friedrich Hoffmann, German physician and chemist (d. 1742)