Famous Deaths Happened In February - 22
Saturday, 17 January 2026
0606 On this day in history sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies 

0965 On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) 

1071 Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on February - 22. 

1076 On this day in history death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26] 

1078 Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on February - 22. 

1111 On February - 22 death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily 

1213 On February - 22 wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies 

1371 On February - 22 david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 

1478 Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies on February - 22. 

1512 On this day in history amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 

1627 Death of Olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558) on February - 22. 

1674 John Wilson, composer, dies at 78 on February - 22. 

1680 Death of Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640) on this day in history. 

1687 On February - 22 death of jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer 

1690 Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 on February - 22. 

1727 Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history. 

1731 On this day in history frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92 

1732 Death of Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663) on this day in history. 

1742 On this day in history death of charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) 

1750 On this day in history pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71 

1770 On this day in history death of christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution 

1788 On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 

1797 Death of Karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720) on February - 22. 

1799 On February - 22 death of heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750) 

1816 Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 on this day in history. 

1822 On February - 22 johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66 

1824 On February - 22 john Davy, composer, dies at 60 

1829 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53 on this day in history. 

1832 On this day in history death of johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany 

1836 John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65 on February - 22. 

1838 Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on this day in history. 

1846 Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on February - 22. 

1849 On February - 22 alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 

1875 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on this day in history. 

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