Famous Deaths Happened In February - 22
Sunday, 19 October 2025
0606 On February - 22 sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies
0965 On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)
1071 On this day in history arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle
1076 Death of Godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26] on this day in history.
1078 Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on this day in history.
1111 On February - 22 death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily
1213 Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on this day in history.
1371 On this day in history david II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46
1478 On this day in history hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies
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 this day in history.
1674 On February - 22 john Wilson, composer, dies at 78
1680 On this day in history death of catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640)
1687 Death of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer on this day in history.
1690 Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 on this day in history.
1727 Francesco Gasparini, composer, dies at 58 on this day in history.
1731 Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92 on February - 22.
1732 On February - 22 death of francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663)
1742 On February - 22 death of charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)
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 On this day in history franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63
1797 On February - 22 death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)
1799 On February - 22 death of heshen, infamous Qing Dynasty Chinese official at court (b. 1750)
1816 On this day in history adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92
1822 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66 on February - 22.
1824 On February - 22 john Davy, composer, dies at 60
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 On this day in history friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70
1846 Carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.
1849 On this day in history alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28
1875 On this day in history charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77
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