Famous Deaths In February - 22

0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on this day in history.  

0965  Death of Odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944) on this day in history.  

1071  Arnulf III, earl of Flanders/Hainault (Arnulf I), dies in battle on this day in history.  

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

1078  On this day in history johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies  

1111  On this day in history death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily  

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on this day in history.  

1371  David II Bruce, king of Scotland (1331..71), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1478  On this day in history hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies  

1512  On February - 22 amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60  

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1627  On this day in history death of olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)  

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

1680  On this day in history death of catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640)  

1687  Death of Jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer on February - 22.  

1690  Charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70 on this day in history.  

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

1731  Frederik Ruysch, Dutch anatomist, dies at 92 on this day in history.  

1732  Death of Francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663) on February - 22.  

1742  On February - 22 death of charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)  

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

1770  Death of Christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution on February - 22.  

1788  Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.  

1797  On February - 22 death of karl Friedrich Hieronymus Freiherr von Münchhausen, German officer and adventurer (b. 1720)  

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 February - 22.  

1822  Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66 on February - 22.  

1824  On this day in history john Davy, composer, dies at 60  

1829  On February - 22 adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53  

1832  On February - 22 death of johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany  

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

1838  On February - 22 friedrich Johann Eck, composer, dies at 70  

1846  On this day in history carolus Antonius Fodor, composer, dies at 77  

1849  Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.  

1875  On this day in history charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77  

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1040  On this day in history birth of rashi, French rabbi (d. 1105)  

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII, King of France (1422-61), drove out English  

1403  On February - 22 birth of charles VII of France (d. 1461)  

1440  On this day in history 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  On February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)  

1542  Santino Garsi, composer was born on February - 22.  

1573  Gemignano Capilupi, composer was born on February - 22.