Famous Deaths In February - 23
Monday, 30 January 2023
0155 Death of Polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake on February - 23.
1011 On this day in history death of willigis, Archbishop of Mainz
1100 Death of Emperor Zhezong of China (b. 1076) on February - 23.
1447 On this day in history eugene IV, [Gabriele Condulmer], Italian Pope (1431-47), dies
1464 Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on February - 23.
1468 On February - 23 john Gutenberg, German inventor (boekdrukkunst), dies
1526 Diego Colón, Spanish Viceroy of the Indies on this day in history.
1554 Death of Henry Grey, Duke of Suffolk, Lady Jane Grey's father, executed on February - 23.
1572 Death of Pierre Certon, French composer on February - 23.
1603 On this day in history death of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
1607 Herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60 on February - 23.
1669 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68 on February - 23.
1682 Abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75 on February - 23.
1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1718 On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 John Alcock, composer, dies at 90 on February - 23.
1807 On this day in history francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61
1821 John Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome on this day in history.
1848 On February - 23 john Quincy Adams, 6th US pres (1825-1829), dies of a stroke at 80
1855 Carl Friedrich Gauss, mathematician, dies on this day in history.
1859 On February - 23 death of zygmunt Krasiński, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812)
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 February - 23.
1897 On this day in history woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68
1900 William Butterfield, architect of the Gothic revival, dies on February - 23.
1902 On February - 23 samuel R Gardiner, British historian (Oliver Cromwell), dies at 72
1903 Albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57 on February - 23.
1906 Death of Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed on this day in history.
1908 Death of Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823) on February - 23.
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