Famous Deaths In February - 22

0606  On this day in history sabinian, Italian Pope (604-06), dies  

0965  On February - 22 death of odo, Duke of Burgundy (b. 944)  

1071  On February - 22 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 February - 22.  

1078  Johannes van Fecamp, Italian mystic writer, dies on February - 22.  

1111  On February - 22 death of roger Borsa, King of Sicily  

1213  Wibert of Gembloers, benediction/writer/abbot of Gembloers, dies on February - 22.  

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 February - 22.  

1512  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

1680  Death of Catherine Monvoisin, French sorceress (b. c.1640) on February - 22.  

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 February - 22.  

1727  On February - 22 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  Death of Charles Rivington, English publisher (b. 1688) on this day in history.  

1750  Pietro Filippo Scarlotti, composer, dies at 71 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1797  On this day in history 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 February - 22.  

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 February - 22 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  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 February - 22.  

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

1403  Charles VII of France (d. 1461) was born on this day in history.  

1440  On this day in history birth of ladislaus V Posthumus, King of Hungary/Bohemia  

1500  Cardinal Rodolfo Pio da Carpi, Italian humanist (d. 1564) was born on February - 22.  

1514  On February - 22 birth of tahmasp I, shah of Persia (1524-76)/author (Tazkire-i Shah)  

1542  On February - 22 birth of santino Garsi, composer  

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