Famous Deaths Happened In February - 22
Wednesday, 09 July 2025
0606 On this day in history sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies
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 February - 22.
1076 On this day in history death of godfried III, with the Hump, duke of Lower Lorraine, murdered [or Feb 26]
1078 On February - 22 johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies
1111 Death of Roger Borsa, King of Sicily on this day in history.
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 February - 22.
1478 Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies on this day in history.
1512 Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer (America), dies at 60 on this day in history.
1627 On February - 22 death of olivier van Noort, Dutch navigator (b. 1558)
1674 John Wilson, composer, dies at 78 on this day in history.
1680 Death of Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640) on this day in history.
1687 On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer
1690 On this day in history charles Le Brun, classical painter (Academie de Peinture), dies at 70
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 On this day in history death of francis Atterbury, English bishop and man of letters (b. 1663)
1742 On this day in history death of charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688)
1750 Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71 on February - 22.
1770 On February - 22 death of christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution
1788 Franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63 on this day in history.
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 February - 22.
1816 On this day in history adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92
1822 Johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.
1824 John Davy, composer, dies at 60 on February - 22.
1829 Adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53 on this day in history.
1832 Death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany on this day in history.
1836 On February - 22 john Clarke-Whitfeld, composer, dies at 65
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 Alexander Ernst Fesca, composer, dies at 28 on this day in history.
1875 Charles Lyell, British geologist (Elements of Geology), dies at 77 on this day in history.
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