Famous Deaths Happened In February - 23

0155  On February - 23 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 February - 23 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  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 this day in history.   

1572  Death of Pierre Certon, French composer on February - 23.   

1603  Death of Andrea Cesalpino, Italian philosopher, physician, and botanist (b. 1519) on this day in history.   

1607  On this day in history herman Herbertsz, vicar, dies at about 60   

1669  Lieuwe van Aitzema, Frisian historian, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

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  Stanislaw Leszcynski, duke of Lutherans/king of Poland, dies on this day in history.   

1781  On this day in history death of george Taylor, American signer of the Declaration of Independence (bc. 1716)   

1792  Joshua Reynolds, English portrait painter (Simplicity), dies at 68 on February - 23.   

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  Francois Guichard, composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1821  On this day in history john Keats, Romantic poet, dies of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome   

1848  On this day in history 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  Death of Zygmunt KrasiÅ„ski, Polish Romantic poet (b. 1812) on this day in history.   

1867  George Thomas Smart, composer, dies at 90 on this day in history.   

1879  Death of Albrecht Graf von Roon, Prime Minister of Prussia (b. 1803) on February - 23.   

1884  On February - 23 tambo Tambo, Australian aboriginal/US circus attaction, dies at 23   

1897  Woldemar Bargiel, composer, dies at 68 on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history 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  Death of Johannes Friedrich August von Esmarch, German surgeon (b. 1823) on February - 23.   

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1417  On this day in history birth of paul II, [Pietro Barbo], Italy, Pope (1464-71)   

1417  On this day in history birth of pope Paul II (d. 1471)   

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 February - 23.   

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

1633  On this day in history birth of samuel Pepys, London England, navy expert/composer (Diary, Memoirs)   

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

1648  On February - 23 birth of arabella Churchill, English mistress of James II of England (d. 1730)