Famous Deaths In February - 23
Sunday, 04 June 2023
0155 On this day in history death of polycarp, disciple of Apostle John, arrested & burned at stake
1011 On this day in history 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 Death of Zhengtong, Emperor of China (b. 1427) on this day in history.
1468 On this day in history 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 On February - 23 death of pierre Certon, French composer
1603 On February - 23 death of andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519)
1607 On this day in history herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60
1669 Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68 on February - 23.
1682 On February - 23 abraham de Wicquefort, Dutch diplomat/historian, dies at 75
1704 Georg Muffat, French/German organist/composer, dies at 50 on this day in history.
1718 Francois Fagel, Dutch field marshal/mayor of Nimegen, dies at 63 on February - 23.
1766 On this day in history 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 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 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 February - 23 albert Cahen, composer, dies at 57
1906 Death of Johann Hoch, US murderer, executed on February - 23.
1908 On February - 23 death of johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823)
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