Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

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  On this day in history death of emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076)   

1447  Eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies on February - 23.   

1464  On this day in history death of zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427)   

1468  John Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies on this day in history.   

1526  Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies on this day in history.   

1554  On this day in history death of henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed   

1572  On February - 23 death of pierre Certon, French composer   

1603  Death of Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) on February - 23.   

1607  On February - 23 herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60   

1669  On February - 23 lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68   

1682  On February - 23 abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75   

1704  On February - 23 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  Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies on February - 23.   

1781  On February - 23 death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)   

1792  On February - 23 joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68   

1800  Death of Joseph Warton, English literary critic (b. 1722) on this day in history.   

1806  On February - 23 john Alcock, composer, dies at 90   

1807  On February - 23 francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61   

1821  John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on this day in history.   

1848  John Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80 on this day in history.   

1855  On February - 23 carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies   

1859  Death of Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

1867  George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 on February - 23.   

1879  On this day in history death of albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803)   

1884  Tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23 on this day in history.   

1897  Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on February - 23.   

1900  William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies on this day in history.   

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  Death of Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed on this day in history.   

1908  On February - 23 death of johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)   

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1417  Paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71) was born on February - 23.   

1417  Pope Paul II (d. 1471) was born on February - 23.   

1583  On February - 23 birth of jean-Baptiste Morin, French scientist (d. 1656)   

1614  Jacob Colijn(s), Dutch coat of arms painter was born on this day in history.   

1615  Cornelis Galle II, Flemish engraver/illustrator, baptised was born on February - 23.   

1633  Samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs) was born on this day in history.   

1646  Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709) was born on February - 23.   

1648  On this day in history birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)