Famous Deaths In February - 23
Monday, 18 March 2024
0155 On this day in history death of polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake
1011 On February - 23 death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz
1100 Death of Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) on February - 23.
1447 Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on this day in history.
1464 On this day in history death of zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)
1468 John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies on February - 23.
1526 On this day in history diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies
1554 On this day in history death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed
1572 Death of Pierre Certon, French composer on this day in history.
1603 Death of Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) on this day in history.
1607 Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60 on February - 23.
1669 On this day in history lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68
1682 On this day in history abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75
1704 On this day in history georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50
1718 On February - 23 francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63
1766 On February - 23 stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies
1781 On this day in history death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)
1792 On this day in history joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68
1800 On February - 23 death of joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722)
1806 On February - 23 john Alcock, composer, dies at 90
1807 On this day in history francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
1821 On February - 23 john Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome
1848 John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on February - 23.
1855 On February - 23 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies
1859 On February - 23 death of zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)
1867 George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.
1879 On February - 23 death of albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)
1884 On this day in history tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23
1897 On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
1900 On February - 23 william Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies
1902 Samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72 on this day in history.
1903 On this day in history albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
1906 On February - 23 death of johann Hoch, US murderer, executed
1908 Death of Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823) on this day in history.
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