Famous Deaths In February - 22

0606  On February - 22 sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies  

0965  On this day in history death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)  

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

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 this day in history death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily  

1213  On this day in history 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  Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 on this day in history.  

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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  On February - 22 charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70  

1727  On this day in history francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58  

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

1732  On this day in history death of francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663)  

1742  Death of Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) on this day in history.  

1750  On February - 22 pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71  

1770  Death of Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution on this day in history.  

1788  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 on February - 22.  

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

1799  Death of Heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750) on this day in history.  

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  John Davy, composer, dies at 60 on February - 22.  

1829  Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53 on February - 22.  

1832  Death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany on this day in history.  

1836  John Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.  

1838  Friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70 on February - 22.  

1846  On February - 22 carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77  

1849  Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 on February - 22.  

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

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1040  On February - 22 birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)  

1403  On this day in history birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English  

1403  On this day in history birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)  

1440  On February - 22 birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia  

1500  On this day in history birth of cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564)  

1514  Tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah) was born on February - 22.  

1542  On this day in history birth of santino Garsi, composer  

1573  On this day in history birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer