Famous Deaths In February - 22

0606  Sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies on February - 22.  

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

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

1478  Hendrik Herp (Herpius/Harphius), writer (Spieghel volcomenheit), dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640) on February - 22.  

1687  On this day in history death of jean-Baptiste Lully, Paris, composer  

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

1727  On February - 22 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  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  On this day in history death of christopher Snider, 11, Boston, becomes 1st martyr of US Revolution  

1788  On February - 22 franz Joseph Oehlschlagel, composer, dies at 63  

1797  On this day in history 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  Adam Ferguson, Scottish sociologist/historian, dies at 92 on February - 22.  

1822  On this day in history johann Ignaz Walter, composer, dies at 66  

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

1829  On this day in history adam A earl von Neipperg, Austrian general, dies at 53  

1832  Death of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, Weimar, Germany on February - 22.  

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 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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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  Ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia was born on February - 22.  

1500  On February - 22 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 this day in history.  

1542  Santino Garsi, composer was born on this day in history.  

1573  On February - 22 birth of gemignano Capilupi, composer